RAMA — The Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Rama Police and the OPP welcomed community members and those from the surrounding area Wednesday, November 14, for Missing Persons Awareness Day. The event, the result of funding provided by the Indigenous Justice Division of the Ministry of the Attorney General, was at the Rama Community Hall from 9 a.m. to […]
Photos by Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST – Veterans from the Afghanistan and Vietnam wars were new additions to cenotaph at the Gravenhurst legion today for Remembrance Day. Despite a little snow on the ground, the temperature outdoors was just pleasant enough for a couple hundred to honour war dead and military service past and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Amid a growing sex scandal that has landed him an independent MP, Tony Clement issued his second public statement Thursday following his admission of sexting Tuesday. This one — in defence of his “infidelity” — to his constituents of Parry Sound-Muskoka. Those who voted for and against him […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — MP Tony Clement, embroiled in the midst of sex scandal, has stepped down from the Tory shadow cabinet and is giving up some of his Parliamentary duties and will be seeking treatment. The 57-year-old Parry Sound-Muskoka MP, a well-known social media user, resigned Tuesday after he says he […]
GRAVENHURST – A 24-hour delay in voting has led to a new mayor and council in Gravenhurst. Monday’s election, which had voting extended to Tuesday night was confirmed Wednesday by the town clerk. See official results below:
Dominion Voting statement regarding internet voting service slowdown affecting 51 Ontario municipalities Oct. 22/23. TORONTO — Dominion Voting Systems has issued the following statement regarding today’s Internet Voting Service slowdown affecting Ontario Municipal election customers Just after 6 p.m. ET this evening, voters in approximately 51 Ontario Municipalities using Dominion’s Internet Voting (IV) portal experienced […]
BRACEBRIDGE – Mayor Graydon Smith’s fight to save South Muskoka Memorial Hospital may have saved his job. He was re-elected Tuesday night after a day’s delay in voting. He was challenged by councillor Lori Giaschi-Pacini. Here are the certified resultls link, with the unofficial results below from the town Wednesday: BB certified results Mayor (1 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — They finally got the results. Maybe not the ones some expected — but at least they were final counts. After a day’s delay, and a lot of head-shaking, Muskoka mayors and councillors were all but confirmed. Unofficially, at least. There will be four new mayors in Muskoka. In Bracebridge […]
MUSKOKA — Election day: a nail biter for some (candidates), important for most (voters), mildly amusing for a lot (of others), and care less for far too many (more than half of us). Which box above will you check Monday? It’s worth thinking about — seriously. Municipal elections, while lower on the political pecking order […]
HUNTSVILLE — A recent meeting between Muskoka politicians and Ontario’s Health Minister Christine Elliott drew rave reviews from local elected officials. Huntsville Mayor Scott Aichison told his council he almost fell off his chair when the minister agreed with the recent MAHC task force recommendation of a two-hospital model. He was equally effusive in his […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Notwithstanding Monday’s midnight run on democracy, the Ford government’s announcement Friday that Ontario is deep in doo doo shows we’re headed south in more ways than one. Progressive Conservative MPP Norman Miller was quick to issue his own sanctimonious statement within hours of Finance Minister Vic Fedeli’s grim tale, saying that the Parry […]
LINDSAY — Parents — and students — wanting a new portal into their public eduction system can get a free mobile app to keep them up to date on some school happenings. Trillium Lakelands District School Board has launched the app it says to keep students, parents, staff, and community members informed about their schools […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA – Lost in the chaos of the week’s Ontario’s Charter chaos is any mention of the lost opportunity for Muskoka land owners to vote for their district chair. And so, while MPP Norm Miller was again voting Thursday with Bala’s least favourite premier, there was no new mention of the […]
OTTAWA — Friday finds Tory MP Tony Clement with a new position within the Official Opposition party and in the lead up to the fall session of Parliament. Andrew Scheer, Leader of the Conservative Party, named Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Tony Clement the new Shadow Minister for Justice. Clement had previously served as Shadow Minister of […]
TORRANCE — Better get up extra early Tuesday if you’re driving through Torrance to work or the first day of school. Work on Hwy. 169 will begin and drivers will start to see a slowdown due as construction equipment is brought in about midway between Bala and Gravenhurst. But the following Monday is when a […]
BALA — Bala Falls hydro opponents won’t let go. They plan a high noon showdown with Norm Miller tomorrow at the power plant construction site. They are challenging their MPP to face off with them at the falls Saturday. They are incensed by Premier Doug Ford’s broken promise this week and his “gross misrepresentations responding […]
BALA — Supporters of Muskoka’s two-hospital model ought to be worried now that Doug Ford has reneged on his promise to stop the Bala Falls hydro project. Wednesday in Milton, in response to a question about his promise, the premier said he was going to have to break his promise to the people of Bala who […]
GRAVENHURST — Election fever is heating up ahead of the more tradional Labour Day kickoff, thanks to cottagers who can’t wait to hear and see the candidates in action live. The Muskoka Lakes Association and 12 Gravenhurst area lake associations are among the first groups sponsoring an all-candidates meeting for those running for municipal office […]
OTTAWA – Don’t expect Tony Clement to jump on board Maxime Bernier’s new conservative party. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MP, no newcomer to new parties (see the Alliance Party), is also not a supporter of Bernier, who left the Consverative Party this afternoon. Clement, who once supported Bernier in the last Conservative leadership race, has been […]
BRACEBRIDGE/MUSKOKA LAKES — 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 Boyd Bay area of Lake Muskoka. Wind and water currents can change the location of algae blooms, which may make […]