BRACEBRIDGE — The growing Fridays4Future movement is gaining momentum in Muskoka. Following last week’s demonstration at the Huntsville Town Hall, and another one this Friday, students at Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Secondary are planning a protest. BMLFridays4Future is organizing a student walkout at 1:30 p.m. BMLSS organizers now say their Climate Action Bracebridge Strike is in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Rural mail boxes in two separate locations were reportedly broken into here over the weekend. Provincial police say that on Monday September 23, officers were notified by Canada Post that a rural mailbox was broken into. They say that sometime over the weekend, unknown culprit’s pried open six out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Gord Miller says the purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is a “sucker play” by the Liberals for a country that won’t soon need it as the world goes green. He wants Canada to shift gears away from dirty, non-sustainable energy. No new fracking, no more oil wells or […]
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 […]