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 RAMA — Ringo Starr is getting back to where he’s always belonged. The legendary Beatles drummer returns to Casino Rama tonight at 9 p.m. for a sold-out show — and a second concert Saturday night — as his All Starr band begins a month-long tour that includes a gig at Massey […]
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 […]
GRAVENHURST — It’s May! Of course that’s why the weather forecasts are so accurate — rain today, sunny tomorrow, mix the next day. Still a perfect time for planting and gardening. Rain or shine the annual Gravenhurst Horticultural Society plant and bake sale is going ahead this Saturday of the long weekend at the Heritage […]