Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A woman and two young children had to escape through a window onto a roof early this morning, where they were rescued by police and paramedics as firefighters arrived on the scene. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says their firefighters, along with crews from the Muskoka Lakes Fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Almost a week into moose hunting season, Ontario’s Conservation Officers want to make sure new hunters know what they’re doing. While most first-timers travel with an experienced party of often family and friends at a camp, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry wants a safe hunt. If […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — You gotta hand it to these folks. What a great idea. Hands TheFamilyHelpNetwork.ca (Hands) is hosting free Sensory Sensitive Halloween Celebrations for children and youth with Autism, and their families. Sensory Sensitive events provide children with Autism the opportunity to practice trick-or-treating and other activities associated with Halloween in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Annual Empty Bowls Event will be taking place at 6 pm on Thursday, October 24 at the Gravenhurst High School. This is truly a community event organized in partnership with the Gravenhurst Rotary Club, Gravenhurst Lions Club and the Gravenhurst High School including the Grade 11 Ceramics Class, senior […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Voters were lined up early at the first chance to cast a ballot this morning. “It’s always like this the first hour,” said poll clerk Jack Cline, as dozens of Gravenhurst residents who had waited to get in for the 9:30 a.m. opening poured in to the Gravenhurst […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Monday was payday for local hospitals in the riding. The province announced $4.79 million in funding for the Bracebridge, Huntsville and Parry Sound hospitals. “Ontario is working towards ending hallway health care by making increased investments in the province’s small and medium-sized hospitals,” said MPP Norman Miller in a release. The total […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | OPINION Good morning voters. It’s Oct. 21, Election Day in your country. A day you’ll have to live with for four years. For half of it you matter. Tuesday, you’ll return to political obscurity. But for 12 hours, you’re more important than Trudeau, Trump, Ford, Scheer, Singh, May or Greta. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | EDITORIAL Choose forward …, In it for you …, Forward together …, It’s time for you to get ahead …. They all say the same thing, they all mean well in one way or another. But Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and Conservatives would all do it differently. Picking a party […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Students and parents fresh from avoiding a shutdown of schools last week could see a possible elementary school teachers’ strike if a union vote shows support tomorrow. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members from the Trillium Lakelands area will hold a confidential members’ meeting and a central […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High housing costs that have driven people out of Muskoka and its core communities are a hot topic on the federal election campaign. If you’re lucky enough to have a job, getting to work can be a problem in a district that stretches an hour in any direction. Shoppers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A 57-year-old Bracebridge resident is dead after vehicle hit a tree on Peterson Road. Provincial police and Muskoka EMS responded to the single vehicle collision Oct. 15 at 7:35 a.m. They say a nearby resident was awoken by the sound of the vehicle striking a tree and called for […]
BAYSVILLE — Why are our waters so bad this year? Residents are wondering that after yet another environmental report of a blue-green algae bloom in Muskoka, just outside Baysville in Lake of Bays Township. It’s been a widespready ongoing problem this summer and this is at least the third incident, this one reported just before […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEVERN — Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian found on Hwy. 11 early this morning near Big Chief Road. Provincial police from Orillia investigating the fatal collision that occurred in the Township of Severn October 13, 2019 at about 2:15 a.m. Police were called to a report of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6 …. The countown is on to the Oct. 21 election. With just over a week to go, talk around the turkey table will be about more than what’s for dessert. And it’s not dry white meat that may give you indigestion, election debate will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease here has health officials scrambling to deal with the epidemic. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it is investigating a “cluster” of cases in the Orillia area. They say eight cases have been confirmed in individuals who reside in or have visited Orillia […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Greta Thunberg called them Fridays4Future. Climate Action Muskoka calls them Climate Strike Fridays — in Bracebridge and Huntsville. At Conservative MPP Norm Miller’s constituency office in Bracebridge. And at the town hall in Huntsville. That’s where demonstrators will be again tomorrow — for the third week in row — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If someone is off work, not at school or just off today, don’t be surprised. They may be taking a mental health day, which some union contracts now wisely recognize. Because today, Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day; it’s also part of mental health week. And there’s a […]
GRAVENHURST — Firefighters were out roaming several Gravenhurst neighbourhoods last night, but it wasn’t pre-Halloween trick or treating that they were up to. Firefighters were going door-to-door Oct. 9 as part of their annual Fire Prevention Week activities, promoting fire safety and in particular the value of smoke alarms and home fire escape planning. “Our firefighters managed […]
HUNTSVILLE — Scott Aitchison says high-speed internet will be a priority for a Conservative government. The Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate said this week that Andrew Scheer “will make sure that Canadians have access to high-speed internet.” “Canadians – no matter where they live – should have access to high-speed internet,” said Aitchison. “Making sure that public resources […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Salvation Army food bank was buzzing with activity over the supper hour tonight, as community volunteers filled a hall with hundreds of bags of food. Lt. Kam Robinson and staff member Corinne Hall were overwhelmed by the sixth annual Rotary Food Drive, Oct. 8. Here’s a few clips […]