Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Premier Doug Ford today served up a slice of the provincial pie to 26 local municipalities here totalling $5.8 million. From eight townships and villages in the west side of Parry Sound-Muskoka riding, which received the smallest portion of $50,000 each, to the District of Muskoka’s share of […]
HUNTSVILLE — Ever wonder where that municipal hotel tax fee on your room goes? Well, the Huntsville Municipal Accommodation Tax Association (HMATA) has partnered with 11 local organizations and recently approved $233,000 in funding through their new partnership program announced in December. “The goal of this program is to engage organizations, with new and existing […]
MUSKOKA — And baby makes two. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is pleased to introduce the first babies born in 2020 at each of its two hospital sites. At the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) site Winter-Lee Anne Sui-Handy arrived at 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 to parents Sunny Sui and Stephanie Handy of […]
HUNTSVILLE — Bragging rights for the first Muskoka baby of the decade goes to (drum roll, please) …. Rosie Jo Margaret Schat. The little cutey is the first baby born in 2020, at Huntsville District Memorial Hospital. Parents Chloe and A.J. Schat, of Huntsville, welcomed Rosie Jo at 10:50 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 2. She […]
ORILLIA — He was due to arrive on January 2 but Owen Alexander Davidson decided January 1st would be a better birthday, and in the process became Orillia’s first baby of the New Year born at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH). The second child of Lynda Woolner and Lucas Davidson of Oro Medonte, Owen arrived […]
BARRIE — Each year more than 2,000 babies are born in Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s (RVH) birthing unit and while each one is a unique and beautiful miracle, it calls for a special occasion to welcome the first baby born in the new decade at the health centre. As such, RVH is proud to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Christmas messages are lore. From Matthew and Luke’s New Testament accounts, to Christmas cards that once filled mailboxes — and today’s e-greetings — they are personal if not always profane. They’re like editorials, which take stock, reflect and ponder the implications of how life is lived. Two that I like are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Here’s to the holidays — Christmas, Hanukkah or whatever your reason for the season. Don’t forget the poor in spirit; but count your blessings. The hope born a couple of kiloyears ago lives on. Be positive. Think of all the good and great people; the world’s worst need no […]