Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — David Phillips still gets up in the morning to check the weather. Like most he’s excited to see what the wind blew in or if he needs ear muffs. But unlike us — and some agriculturalists — he’s most likely to know what we’re going to get. And also […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A home owner called 911 early yesterday after spotting a thief carrying two axes outside their home not long after midnight. Police are investigating the break and enter Wednesday March 5. They say officers responded to a call from a resident on Xavier Street after the home owner resident realized […]
HUNTSVILLE – A fundraising effort for the Red Cross this week is legitimate, say police. The OPP want to inform residents that during the week of March 3-9 a company called TNi will be conducting door-to-door canvassing on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross. It has been confirmed that there will be no requests for […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people face charges after being arrested a second time the same day. Police say that on Thursday February 27 officers stopped a vehicle on Forbes Hill Drive in Huntsville to check for a suspected impaired driver. The investigation revealed a prohibited weapon and the occupants on conditions not be around each other after a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION You can’t fight in here, this is the White House. OMG! If it wasn’t so serious it would be “Dr. Strangelove.” Trump said his showdown with ballsy Zelenskyy made great TV. And headlines, commentary and outrage — and SNL comedy. “Isn’t this crazy,” Trump said when elected. Captivating, insightful, enthralling, gripping, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — No wonder today’s second weekend Muskoka Philharmonic concert is sold out. “The Muskoka Philharmonic has arrived,” boasted its director Alana Nuedling during a special permission piece. Notably after yesterday’s opening treat at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst, their 4 p.m. performance at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will be another […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Three people from south Muskoka were in bail court yesterday after a “violent” attack early Thursday evening at the south end of Gravenhurst. Police arrested and charged the trio with multiple “serious” crimes in an incident they described in a release late yesterday afternoon as a “violent.” They say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Three months ago today the Gateway to Muskoka was plugged with snow. People were trapped in their homes, traffic was stopped on Hwy. 11 and good Samaritans did their best to help out. Somehow with the help of plows and plow drivers, volunteers and governments’ aid we survived the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — T&T blew up Ontario last night. Trump and tariffs turned a Tory win in to a Green loss here in this riding even in a tiny way. Reached this morning Matt Richter for a post-election interview, he MuskokaTODAY.com that “disappointment and frustration was a better way to put […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Graydon Smith defied defeat tonight as local PCs came out in more numbers to hold off the improved Greens for a second time in 36 months. In the end it wasn’t even close as many locally and provincewide thought it would. The returning MPP’s loyal Conservative faithful went […]
MUSKOKA — A short hospital emergency back-up power outage from 8 p.m. to midnight in Huntsville will mean longer ER wait times at MAHC’s south Muskoka site. The four-hour planned outage is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and end by midnight. MAHC says the shutdown is necessary to connect the under construction MRI suite […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Time to definitively vote — one way or t’other. First, why would anyone in Gravenhurst vote PC after yet another government failure to secure the fates of the former Ontario Fire College and Muskoka Centre? And why vote for the Greens when they talk about helping small […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — In a tighter-than-expected race, local candidates are scrambling in the final days to push them over the top Thursday. With some surprising curve balls centred squarely on the election’s defining issue of the Muskoka hospitals redevelopment. The 2,200 vote gap in June 2022 between PC Graydon Smith and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — With a rush election and barely 12 per cent of residents casting their ballots in the three days of advance polling late last week, there are still more than 70,000 votes and counting to go on the provincial election day Thursday. Kim Bordeleau, the Elections Ontario returning officer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The Greens are gearing up for a major endorsement tomorrow in Huntsville from some local Muskoka doctors. This as party and public polls show a tightening race that is closely being watch. And with more than 10,000 people having already voted in last Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s advanced, says […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — We’re asking: “Who are you voting for Feb. 27?” And how did you like the recent provincial election debate last week — if you watched it? No. 5 – Feb. 24: … “Who am I voting for? It won’t be this guy. I can only hope people smarten up about the Conservatives. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A pair of impaired driving charges this weekend has two Muskoka 27-year-old Muskoka drivers facing charges here.On Saturday, February 22, at 1:07 a.m., police were conducting patrols on King William Street and stopped a driver. As a result Tim Knight, 27, of Huntsville, was charged with: Operation while impaired – alcohol/drugs; and Operation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The local music scene in Muskoka is not all country, rock, Broadway, folk and Big Bands in Muskoka. For more discerning musical palette, which requires a little more cerebral understanding of rhythmics beyond basic 4/4, booming bass, back beats and rap you can’t understand half the time, there’s the […]
Letter to editor: By Mark Grimstead, Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Who has earned my vote in this election? This is a question we should all ask ourselves in every election at any level. It should not be a matter of personal or family tradition, who knows whom or any other criteria that is not directly connected […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A season filled with so much hope and promise ended this afternoon as it began on the ice five months ago for the Muskoka Bears. With so much youth and unbridled enthusiasm they met their match that Friday Sept. 13 in an 11-0 loss to the mighty Alliston Hornets. […]