Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEGUIN TOWNSHIP — The driver of a boat in which two people died last month in a collision with another boat on Lake Joe has been fined for not having navigation light. The other driver involved has been charged with careless careless operation and faces a jail term of 18 months […]
. Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Two people have been charged in a fatal boating accident near here this summer on Lake Joe. Provincial police said on Tuesday, Sept. 24, that they have charged boat driver Linda O’Leary, 56, with careless operation of a vessel. She is to appear in Parry Sound court […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Fridays are heating up as protest du jour to save the planet. And you’ll hear about it loud and clear as many Muskoka churches sound the alarm by ringing their bells. It’s part of a “Week for Future” events. Protesters say the ringing of bells is an ancient […]
HUNTSVILLE — Thankfully, the days of combating forest growth with deadly chemicals are a remote past. A new forest management program to ensure more reliable hydro service means Ontario Hydro will now trim trees near power lines on a three-year schedule instead of eight to 10 years. Hydro One Inc., Ontario’s primary electricity transmission and […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A small start-up business that received a $15,000 first prize in the 2019 Muskoka Founders Circle business promotion is moving to Montreal. But not before giving back the money, framed as a “pay-it-forward donation” to the private economic development fund. Sheertex recently announced plans to move its operations to Montreal. It is located […]
BRACEBRIDGE — An environmentally-friendly food drive Oct. 8 is the order of the day, as the Muskoka Oldtimers hockey team hold its annual drive by your home. The hockey team wants residents to gather non-perishable food items and set them outside their doors by 5 p.m, where Bracebridge school kids will be running door-to-door collecting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | Opinion PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Election Day may be a month away, but the vote was Thursday. Canadians decided the next prime minister — one way or the other — after seeing multiple pictures of a young racist Justin Trudeau in black- and brown-face. Then hearing his apologies. “I’m sorry!” It’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Donald and Barbra Desmond didn’t pick the winner at the Kentucky Derby, but they came away with some great hats and bow ties. And they were the big winners Saturday night at the Rotary Races. The Gravenhurst Lakeshore Road residents ran away with top prize, a week’s vacation in […]