Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The advantage of being a Tuesday morning quarterback is you can hit rewind. You can’t do that if you’re running for prime minister. A video review of last night’s national leadership debate was informative and transformative. Unlike the dispassionate local candidates’ meetings, the federal leaders showed guts when […]
GRAVENHURST-BRACEBRIDGE — Don’t forget the hungry. Tonight’s the night to leave a bag or two of groceries on your doorstep for volunteers in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge to pick up for local food banks. Gravenhurst Rotarians and the Muskoka Oldtimers hockey team are both leading drives in the two towns Tuesday, Oct. 8, after 6 p.m. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND- MUSKOKA — If the one per centers control the world, it’s one per cent of Canadians who will decide Canada’s future in two weeks. The federal election is that close. And they’ll get that chance to decide tonight. So, as national party leaders square off — at 7 p.m. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s called a “food drive,” because Rotarians and their partners will be driving around town Tuesday, Oct. 8, with student runners picking up bags of food on doorsteps and at the end of driveways. (They will also accept cash and cheques.) Everyone in the core part of Gravenhurst should […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Due to the impending schools strike, the Muskoka Oldtimers Fall Food Drive for Manna on rendezvous spot Tuesday October 8 has been moved this year to the Bracebridge Fairgrounds at 331 Fraserburg Rd. Volunteers are asked to gather there at 5 p.m. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Have you read today? Have you read a newspaper? Have you read news online? Have you enjoyed reading the news? Have you read TODAY.com? Have you been in the news? Have you enjoyed reading the news? Have you paid for that privilege? Have you bought at subscription? Have you […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re a news junkie — and who isn’t these days with an election, an impeachment and climate crisis — this is your week to support the professional journalists who bring you that news. It’s National Newspaper Week Oct. 6-12 and your chance to pay it forward by subscribing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Citing safety concerns, public elementary and high schools will be closed Monday if the province doesn’t reach a contract deal with support staff. That’s leaving parents scrambling to plan alternative arrangements for their children. The Trillium Lakelands District School Board says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has […]
Breyan Sinnott, Fire Prevention Officer GRAVENHURST — Oct. 6 to 12, is Fire Prevention Week across North America, and leading up to it the Gravenhurst Fire Department has been sharing information gathered from its “Have Your Say” community survey conducted in August. “The survey told us several important things about fire safety, and over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Climate action is taking place in Muskoka. While climate protesters were marching on his office last Friday, MPP Norm Miller was learning about a year-old effort by landowners and lake associations to protect local lakes. Miller, whose family once owned Patteron-Kaye Lodge in Bracebridge, was joined by Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s a job without housing? Trisha Cowie says jobs are going begging in Parry Sound-Muskoka, but there aren’t enough attainable, let alone affordable, living spaces to accommodate those who want to work, live, contribute and raise a family in the riding. The federal Liberal candidate told a large audience […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Concert Association (MCA) commences its 72nd season Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Gravenhurst Opera House with the Hogtown Brass Quintet (HBQ), a chamber ensemble dedicated to pushing the boundaries of traditional brass music. A goal near and dear to the hearts of the MCA directors, whose reputation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “Friday and EVERY FRIDAY.” That’s the promise of the Facebook group Climate Action Muskoka, who have taken on and expanded student protests the past two weeks in Huntsville and Bracebridge with the help of another grassroots group, Muskoka Power of Many. Tamsen Tillson and Krystal Speck, of Climate Action […]
Clifford Flavell and Mary Flavell Leger | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Are you a polio survivor? Do you know someone who is? Are you interested in knowing more about this debilitating disease that is still with us from those who have survived it? Then you are encouraged to attend an informal meeting of survivors, […]
GRAVENHURST — Candidates got to sum up their federal election campaigns at the end of Tuesday night’s meeting at Opera House, with concluding remarks. Here’s what the Liberal’s Trisha Cowie had to say.
GRAVENHURST — Candidates got to sum up their federal election campaigns at the end of Tuesday night’s meeting at Opera House, with concluding remarks. Here’s what the NDP’s Tom Young had to say.
GRAVENHURST — Candidates got to sum up their federal election campaigns at the end of Tuesday night’s meeting at Opera House, with concluding remarks. Here’s what the Conservative’s Scott Aitchison had to say.
GRAVENHURST — Candidates got to sum up their campaigns at the end of Tuesday night’s federal election meeting at Opera House, with concluding remarks. Here’s what the Green’s Gord Miller had to say.
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | Opinion GRAVENHURST — The “bogey man” came late, but didn’t scare anyone. Scott Aitchison was, well, conservative compared to Gord Miller’s “the house is on fire.” Trisha Cowie was Justin Trudeau in a drag; and Tom Young was an old democrat. A Gravenhurst Chamber of commerce all-candidates meeting tonight, sans […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — October is small business month and big business in the federal election. Party leaders are all over themselves agreeing on one thing — Canada’s economy depends on small business jobs, the money the spend in the community and their environmental concerns in a rural digital world. To celebrate Small […]