$20 parking lot scam costs a lot more
ORILLIA — Two people appear to have been scammed by a tricky street person stealing their credit cards and PINs. Police call them distraction thefts. Victims may call it bait and switch. On Tuesday, June […]
Politics
MAHC task force rules out Port Sydney as super hospital site
MUSKOKA — Ten days before Doug Ford and Norm Miller were elected as a one-two punch all but securing SMMH and HDMH in Muskoka — and weeks after Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison leaked it — […]
Winter Carnival donates $3,000 to community groups
GRAVENHURST — It’s a little hard now to remember winter, but this year’s Gravenhurst snow fete was big success. The 2018 Gravenhurst Winter Carnival had good weather (and isn’t that the ulimate test) and good […]
Miller wins PS-Muskoka with 22,664 votes
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — In the end, three-and-a-half hours after instant results were expected, Norm Miller more than doubled his nearest challenger. The incumbent MPP on the majority Tory team won last night’s provincial […]
Miller-Ford Tory majority gives two Muskoka hospitals 1-2 punch
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka’s two hospitals just got a one-two punch at Queen’s Park. Norm Miller and Doug Ford. The MPP and premier said all throughout the election campaign that Bracebridge and […]
Miller time again in PS-Muskoka
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Big Blue Machine is back on the road with a new driver at the wheel. And Norm Miller is riding shot gun for Doug Ford, as the PC […]
Miller clear winner, leading with 10,000 votes
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — As the clocks ticked 9 p.m. tonight it was like Cinderella at midnight. There was a rush to the bar as if last call was about to sound. All […]
EDITORIAL: Election about who has leader’s ear
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Election day. Your chance to affect inevitable change that is coming tonight. For most it’s an easy choice to cast their ballot against Kathleen Wynne and the governing Liberals; for some others it’s […]
Remember 3 Rs? Add a 4th REFUSE
BRACEBRIDGE — “Suck it up” used to be more closely associated with the anti-climate change crowd. Now it’s taken on a new life with a move to ban plastic straws, which many claim are adding […]
Georgian College still paying off since 1977
BRACEBRIDGE — A year after the loss of Nipissing University here last June there’s good and bad news. It’s good that an independent replacement educator has been found, but the economic impact of that well-recognized […]