Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If the tariff war continues two more weeks Sawdust City Brewing will be ready elbows up. March 28 they are brewing a special batch of “Glorious and Free,” an “all-Canadian” ingredients beer as part of a recipe response cooked up by trans-Canada craft brewers. And Sawdust will be able […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Gravenhurst man is in bail court this morning on charges of break and enter after being spotted wielding a pair of axes ahead of break, enter and thefts in the Kilworthy area overnight March 5. Yesterday police said they charged Brandon Tonna with multiple property crimes nine days ago. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Beaver Creek may be out of sight — but not out of minds of locals who work and commute to jobs at the federal prisons here. A death, a stabbing, two escapes and a contraband smuggling interception already this year at the penitentiary? Not unusual, just another day and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Mark Carney has a local running mate. MuskokaTODAY.com has learned that Geordie Sabbagh, a Huntsville filmmaker and father has been named the Liberal candidate for Parry Sound-Muskoka. Local federal party president Bill Condy tells us this afternoon that the party has named their man to challenge Conservative and former […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — For the next “year” all babies born in Muskoka will have their place of birth noted as Huntsville. Effective immediately. Citing “urgent staffing challenges and ensure patient safety,” MAHC tells MuskokaTODAY.com it is “temporarily” re-locating all services to Huntsville for 12 months pending reviews at six and nine months as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Justin’ time. … They found him just in time. That’s local Liberals who yesterday along with party members country-wide elected Mark Carney as their leader and Canada’s next prime minister later this week. With elbows up all 343 Big Red ridings voted in his favour — including Parry Sound-Muskoka. Setting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Last week’s provincial election appears to have been won mostly in the riding’s burbs with surprising exceptions. Polling results show the two front-runners battling it out in closer races in the urban centres of Parry Sound-Muskoka. Before Graydon Smith won eventual re-election over Matt Richter by 2,371 votes. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — David Phillips still gets up in the morning to check the weather. Like most he’s excited to see what the wind blew in or if he needs ear muffs. But unlike us — and some agriculturalists — he’s most likely to know what we’re going to get. And also […]