Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Joe Bellissimo “could talk medicine all day.” Lucky for Muskoka the first-year medical student did that on a sort of summer vacation. But over lunch Friday he admitted that — like his dad — he’s a huge Blue Jays fan and is “frustrated” with the Leafs. He’s only 23 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GANANOQUE — You can’t get away from Donald J. Trump … yesterday, today and for the next five months. Or the past weeks. Ten days ago Lois and I found out how far his supporters’ tentacles reach as we bridged the border between Canada and insanity. If you take a Thousand […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Public speaking is easy. If you’re Anna Gage and you’re doing political studies this fall — in the States. It helps if you’re the 2024 World Individual Debate and Public Speaking Champion. Gage was in her element yesterday speaking to Rotarians yesterday, where her grandmother Barb is a past […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Save South Muskoka Hospital supporters are boarding a bus tomorrow for a rally and march to Queen’s Park in protest of MAHC’s hospital downsizing. Protester are leaving the Sportsplex in Bracebridge at 8:30 a.m. headed for Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, where they will joined other Ontarians concerned about […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people have been charged after an off-duty police officer observed a male believed to be shoplifting here at the Home Depot Sunday. OPP say they arrested they were dispatched to a retail store on Ott Drive May 26 at 2 p.m. Following an investigation the Huntsville residents were apprehended. And the stolen […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Harry Bentley was a bedrock of the Bala community. A stonemason, he laid the foundation for much of Muskoka Lakes. His son Harry Jr. (a.k.a. “Doug”) — like father, like son — is as rock solid. You’d know that if you lived in or cottaged in west Muskoka. Or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORRANCE — It was happy trails to all Sunday at the Torrance Barrens. Friends of the dark sky park and preserve gathered for a rain date on another gorgeous sunny Muskoka afternoon to mark a local landmark, which is provincially — if not nationally — recognized. Certainly more so now that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — A Muskoka paramedic honoured in 2019 for helping save a mother and two children during a fire is being further recognized tonight with the Ontario Medal for Paramedic Bravery. The Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, and Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, will present medals […]