To the Editor: A decision by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) signals the dawn of a whole new era in the shift to clean energy sources and away from the fossil gas infrastructure being pushed by Enbridge Gas and the Ontario Conservative government. The OEB turned down an Enbridge gas proposal for the City of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Elections, fairly, are a referendum on government leaders and their record; and too often less about the next four years in Ontario’s case — despite political promises. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” wrote Spanish philosopher George Santayana in 1905. Lest we forget! […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Somewhere today in Cambodia a little boy is riding a bike 3-5 kms. to school, a girl is using a latrine and their family is eating rice for dinner. Half a world away in Gravenhurst — it’s all and more thanks to the Rotary Club. At their noon meeting […]
Danielle Hynes | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com When you call 911, we are the individuals who arrive. We are Muskoka’s paramedics. We respond when the unthinkable happens and what some would describe as the worst day of their lives. We start our shift at the crack of dawn or at dusk and travel to one of […]
GRAVENHURST — A Huntsville man was in bail court this morning after two people were arrested when police spotted a vehicle broken down at the south end of town here last night. Provincial police say officers were conducting general patrol when they observed a broken down vehicle on Talisman Drive in the Town of Gravenhurst Monday, […]
TORONTO — Local Greens candidate Matt Richter has received the endorsement of “Mr. Green” David Suzuki. The well-known environmental “super star” came out today for the Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate saying in release: “Only the Green Party is founded on principles that understand that we need clean air, water, soil and food to keep us alive […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A day after being here to announce his party’s housing strategy for the riding, Greens leader Mike Schreiner said last night he’s tested positive for COVID. Also Thursday, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath also said today she has the coronavirus. Both are are vaccinated and self-isolating. Schreiner, who says he […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Candidates face voter questions tonight in an all candidates online forum put on by Muskoka’s four chambers of commerce. The chambers in from Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Muskoka Lakes and Huntsville/Lake of Bays solicited public questions the past two weeks and will be asking the party representatives in the June 2 election to answer […]
GRAVENHURST — A woman faces charges after police say she assaulted a youth at a public park and threw his bike in Muskoka Lake. The OPP report that on Sunday May 15, at 3:30 p.m., officers responded to a complaint about a youth who they say had been assaulted by an adult at Ungerman Park […]
NANCY THOMPSON | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Bracebridge Horticultural Society was founded in May, 1932, with 90 members and Mrs. McGibbon as president. Bracebridge was well into the Depression. Money and make-work projects helped build the new arena where people flocked to see “Ace” Bailey, star of the Toronto Maple Leafs the year they won the […]
MUSKOKA — A few days of rain with more on the way later in the week has Muskoka fire chiefs downgrading its total fire ban across the district issued last week. They said Tuesday that fire danger rating is now at moderate. That means small fires are permitted keeping in mind that no daytime burning […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Looking at the magnificence of the Segwun and Wenonah II, it’s incredible to believe that last century more than a dozen ships of their ilk once plied the Muskoka Lakes before returning to their home port and berthing next to them. And with weeks till they set sail for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — If you’ve made up your mind and you know who you are voting in the provincial election for you can cast your advance vote starting next Thursday. If you’re still undecided you have until election day June 2. SEE LIST OF CANDIDATES BELOW Advance voting for the Ontario […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — From four wheels to four wheels, by-law officers here will be getting out of vehicles and getting on mountain bikes this summer to patrol parks and trails to cruise through town more effortlessly handing out parking tickets. A pilot project — possibly the first in Muskoka — will see […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The local Liberal brand has taken another hit three weeks from the June 2 provincial election. Four days after Ontario Liberals in the riding acclaimed him as the only nominee to run Saturday afternoon in a Zoom election, provincial party Leader Steven Del Duca fired Barry Stanley Wednesday. […]
MUSKOKA — Temperatures in the high 20s have led to a no fire order from Muskoka fire chiefs. They say in a release this morning that due to quickly accelerating dry conditions and multiple fire starts, they’ve issued a the total fire ban for all of Muskoka, effective 12:01am on Thursday, May 12. The fire […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man on probation was in bail court this morning after being arrested and charged after a robbery here yesterday in which an air pistol was used, say police. They say that on Sunday, May 8 at 5:20 p.m., a 911 call had them responding for a robbery in progress at a business […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Comrades in arms. There’s a reason Legions still exist. They take care of their own — no man or woman left behind. Laura Hoffman-Steiger, a retired Canadian Armed Forces veteran, wondered whatever happened to Ralph Scales after he died sometime late last November. She’d heard nothing of a funeral, […]
GRAVENHURST — An early morning traffic stop yesterday along Hwy. 11 had led to impaired driving and cannabis charges against a local man. Police say that on Thursday May 5, at 1:30 a.m., officers were conducting general patrol in the town of Gravenhurst when they observed a vehicle travelling on the highway with heavily tinted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — And the beep, beep — boom — goes on. It’ll be in to next week before those seismic-sounding blasts — and accompanying warning sounds (three long, one short) stop echoing across town at the new Alexander Muskoka Residence and care facility. This afternoon before officials wielding six decent-sized silver-handled […]