TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist Cancel culture. What will the “right” or “left” cancel next? It can be reductive and harmful to reduce shifting societal norms to a catch phrase. No one is ever “cancelled,” but careers can end when past deeds are no longer condoned by a new generation, or by sea changes in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Among the many historical accounts of Gravenhurst, the loss of the Rubberset toy and paint brush factory was the one of the most telling tales of the modern decline of the town. It was not only a valuable employer of thousands of men and women for much of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A student in Matt Richter’s class said she wouldn’t vote for him. And wouldn’t encourage others to do so either. “I don’t want to lose you as a teacher,” the little girl at Riverside Public School told the Green candidate. Fortunately for Richter, a lot of other parents, grandparents, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A man missing since last Friday has been found today. Police had said earlier today that they were asking the public to help find him. The OPP were investigating after Shawn Doucette’s family called them Monday, March 28, at 10:00 a.m. to say the 29 year-old had left his residence in Bracebridge and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Yesterday, as Ottawa unveiled ambitious national climate change goals, a group of local scientists and supporters took a micro approach to environmental concerns deeply affecting the district. Friends of Muskoka Watershed (FMW), a highly-regarded — if lesser known — group of lake experts tackled as important issues affecting waters […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Drivers along two stretches of highways that run through Muskoka will be able to pick up speed on a trial basis as of April 22. A 45-kilometre stretch of Hwy. 11 north — from Emsdale to South River; and a 55-kilometre part of Hwy. 400 in west Muskoka — […]
HUNTSVILLE — An outbreak declared today in the east wing of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) means no visitors are allowed in that wing after the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit placed it under unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak status. As of March 29 testing of patients and staff there is occurring as part Muskoka Algonquin […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Graydon Smith is a lot like Norm Miller, the affable MPP he’s running to replace. Both are popular politicians in a small-town way. Like the Parry Sound farmer, they represent small-c conservative values. So if Smith is successful in replacing Miller June 2, constituents should see little change […]