BRACEBRIDGE — An environmentally-friendly food drive Oct. 8 is the order of the day, as the Muskoka Oldtimers hockey team hold its annual drive by your home. The hockey team wants residents to gather non-perishable food items and set them outside their doors by 5 p.m, where Bracebridge school kids will be running door-to-door collecting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | Opinion PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Election Day may be a month away, but the vote was Thursday. Canadians decided the next prime minister — one way or the other — after seeing multiple pictures of a young racist Justin Trudeau in black- and brown-face. Then hearing his apologies. “I’m sorry!” It’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If Elizabeth May wants “all hands on deck” to fight climate change, she had a boatful here last night in a sea of green-shirted volunteers. A crowd of 200 crammed the Muskoka Discovery Centre to hear the Green Party leader talk about the environment. “We’ve entered a period of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Signs, signs, everywhere elections signs — except in Bracebridge. Party reports of signs in ditches and town works staff pulling them up are proving true in Bracebridge. Greens and Liberals say their signs have been ditched days after the federal election was officially called. Apparently everywhere but in Bracebridge […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Elizabeth May breezed into Gravenhurst this afternoon with little fanfare and less of a carbon footprint. The Green Party leader, who will speak at 7 p.m. tonight at a town meeting at the Muskoka Discovery Centre, was on hand to help candidate Gord Miller open his office in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Pharmacare head-to-toe for everyone.” That’s the NDP promise “if you vote for the right party,” says their Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate. In an interview Saturday with MuskokaTODAY.com, Tom Young says it would be “wonderful for everyone.” He says businesses could save money if the government paid for dental, medical, mental […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Tom Young is beating the drum for the NDP — to fight climate change and “the crisis we’re facing right now.” The Bracebridge resident and Legion Pipes and Drums snare drummer is the New Democratic Party candidate in the federal election. He’s vying to be the next Parry Sound-Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Anyone who thought rural Canada isn’t in play in the federal election — or that the local riding race isn’t a tight one — will be interested to know that Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will be in Gravenhurst on Tuesday afternoon and evening for about a five-hour stop. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The Ontario coroner’s office has called an inquest into the death of a 42-year-old Bracebridge construction worker who died on a job site in Port Carling two years ago this past spring. On Friday, Dr. Kenneth Peckham, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Central West Office, announced that […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s no volunteering when the alarm goes. Local firefighters go when called. Now, there are nine new “volunteer firefighters” to answer 911 when cars crash and fires erupt. The Gravenhurst Fire Department welcomed them after weeks of summer training. Four other officers were promoted, and 11 firefighters received long service awards, including 20 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Green is gold these days. Everyone is jumping on the environmental bandwagon as the federal election ramps up with 38 days to go now and a wave of Green enthusiasm sweeps across the country. Green Party of Ontario Leader and MPP Mike Schreiner is coming to Parry Sound on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — ‘In It For You’ — and ‘On Your Side.’ Whether it’s the national or local race, federal New Democrats are coming to the side of Canadians this election with campaign slogans that appeal to every Canadian. Leader Jagmeet Singh and Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate Tom Young are saying the same […]
MUSKOKA LAKES TOWNSHIP — As suspected, that bluish-green tinge at the west end of Brandy Lake is an algae bloom. It’s been confirmed. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has been advised by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) that laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of a blue-green algae bloom in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Andrew Scheer is “an honourable man” and Justin Trudeau is “a classic rich kid.” “Canada needs to be a leader on climate change.” “People are free to actualize as they see fit.” “This constant debt and deficit financing is what threatens the very programs that Canadians need and enjoy […]
GRAVENHURST — Fatalities involving swimmers who were outside designated swimming areas marked by buoy lines, have civic officials on the alert advising beachgoers to beware of the floaing blue and white rope markers. And that means everyone being aware and paying attention to the safety measures. So, with fall right around the corner, Gravenhurst’s park […]
GRAVENHURST — The Town ofGravenhurst Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of the Built Heritage Awards. The 2019 home and business recipients are: 210 North Street 160 Muskoka Beach Road 170 Muskoka Beach Road 610 Philip Street East 290 Muskoka Road South (Rombo’s Restaurant) “The Municipal Heritage Committee recognizes recent projects that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — With the election official today and 40 days to go, candidates are teeing up their campaigns in what will be divisive national battle. But in the spirit of good sportsmanship, the Consveratives’ Scott Aitchison has invited the other candidates to dinner tomorrow after Thursday’s annual Huntsville Mayor’s Golf Tournament. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Trisha Cowie is positively giddy about the coming election — expected to be called in a week’s time. “It’s a wide open race,” says the federal Liberal candidate who has already knocked on “thousands of doors” — and the writ hasn’t even been dropped. Yet, here she was Thursday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The heart of Tory town was a sea of red Thursday night as more than 100 Liberals lined up to crowd the campaign office of candidate Trisha Cowie. It was as og a dagger had been thrust into Bracebridge and it was bleeding red. The race for Parry Sound-Muskoka’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — With still no official word yet on when the Oct. 21 election campaign will begin, candidates are already lining up office space and going door-to-door meeting with voters. The latest is Scott Aitchison, the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka. The Huntsville mayor, who is on leave […]