Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — One isn’t the loneliest number after all. Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner says a single seat in the legislature beats taking a chance with the Liberals. After weeks of at least contemplating a run for the Liberals by crossing the floor, he now says his best chance of […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police say an ongoing investigation has led to a Bracebridge man being charged with Opioid trafficking today. The OPP says in a release late this afternoon, Feb. 17, that the Muskoka Crime Unit charged Jimmy Ronholm, 30, with Trafficking in a Schedule I Substance – Opioid CDSA 5(1). Police could provide no other […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A day after Toronto passed a $16-billion budget and a 5.5 per cent tax increase, Muskoka’s largest municipality is proposing a 5.29 per cent hike. That includes a special “local share” of $230,000 for the future Huntsville District Memorial Hospital.” But local councillors didn’t do it as dramatically as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s intimidating enough to be moving up to high school from public school. But when Grade 8 Muskoka Beechgrove goalie Sara Gonneau got the call-up for the GHS girl’s hockey team yesterday, she knew she’d face stiff competition from her more experienced Huntsville opponents — some of whom she […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The grand Rotary tradition of an annual Broadway musical showcasing local talent is back. The service club has been mounting the “Rotary Show” since 1978, interrupted only by the pandemic. Its 43rd production closed at the beginning of March, 2020, just days before the world began to shut down. Even then, Rotary managed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What services and models of care will go in to the two new hospitals being built in Muskoka? Following January’s public consultations on the hospital site selection for south Muskoka, a survey seeking more public input includes an opportunity “for people to volunteer to participate in a user group,” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The streets and highways you travel to work and for fun are the workplaces of first responders. South Muskoka’s main street from the Gateway to Muskoka through the Heart of Muskoka is where you’ll find police, paramedics and firefighters answering 911 calls 24/7. This afternoon Rotarians recognized their “service […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION HUNTSVILLE — Mike Schreiner is Ontario’s most popular opposition leader. “I like Mike” is a common refrain. A tiny, perfect MPP. With the Liberals and NDP hard-pressed to find anyone to lead them — let alone ones as likeable as Mike — the left of Doug Ford is as wide […]