Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There were a lot of empty soup bowls here last night. But all of them were filled with love and wish to help at the 12th annual Empty Bowls fundraiser, which has collected about $60,000 since 2007. Because at GHS: going hungry sucks. Students welcomed close to 200 people […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Bus service is back on the main street in Gravenhurst Friday. As of Oct. 25 watch, for Ontario Northland buses to breeze down main street to its new depot. They will stop at its new bus stop and agency location at the Gravenhurst Bait & Tackle at 141 Philip St. […]
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 PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Scott Aitchison wasted no time after winning the federal election last night. Within two hours of declaring victory, the Conservative MP-elect ended his leave of absence as Huntsville’s mayor, effective at 11:59 p.m. This morning he was back in his office at town hall cleaning out his desk […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A new MP, the same party and same result. The seat of power in Parry Sound-Muskoka shifted just slightly north tonight, from Port Sydney to Huntsville, where the mayor here is now the MP-elect. Conservative Scott Aitchison swept to power with an easy win in his first attempt at […]
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 GRAVENHURST — Business is picking up in town here — as in pick up and delivery. No Uber eats or Skip the Dishes. But talk of a new fast food outlet appears to be true. Pizza Hut is said to be moving onto the main street in Gravenhurst. The takeout and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Lest we forget — not in your life or theirs. Muskoka author and historian Patrick Boyer has his latest book out now, appropriately for Remembrance Day. “Muskokans Fight the Great War” is the first book in his MODERN HISTORY OF MUSKOKA series. In August 1914 Muskokans rushed to enlist […]
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 […]
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 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 — There are thousands of inspiring women in Muskoka And each year the YWCA recognizes some of them. And the impressive list is growing again. This year, 14 local women have been nominated for a prestigious Women of Distinction Award — an award presented annually by YWCA Muskoka to women who go above […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — After pulling in $300,000 this summer from a local tourism accommodation tax, the Town of Huntsville is targeting Airbnb and other private short term vacation rentals. The town says in a release Thursday, Oct. 10, that they want input on proposed legislation aimed at the private short term vacation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Norway never gave up, even after being defeated by the Germans in an April 1940 invasion. Within months, the Norwegian government in exile began training army and navy pilots in Toronto, to fight the Nazis and regain their country. In 1942, they expanded operations to Gravenhurst, and thus Little […]