Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A new MP, the same party and same result. The seat of power in Parry Sound-Muskoka shifted just slightly north tonight, from Port Sydney to Huntsville, where the mayor here is now the MP-elect. Conservative Scott Aitchison swept to power with an easy win in his first attempt at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Voters were lined up early at the first chance to cast a ballot this morning. “It’s always like this the first hour,” said poll clerk Jack Cline, as dozens of Gravenhurst residents who had waited to get in for the 9:30 a.m. opening poured in to the Gravenhurst […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Monday was payday for local hospitals in the riding. The province announced $4.79 million in funding for the Bracebridge, Huntsville and Parry Sound hospitals. “Ontario is working towards ending hallway health care by making increased investments in the province’s small and medium-sized hospitals,” said MPP Norman Miller in a release. The total […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | OPINION Good morning voters. It’s Oct. 21, Election Day in your country. A day you’ll have to live with for four years. For half of it you matter. Tuesday, you’ll return to political obscurity. But for 12 hours, you’re more important than Trudeau, Trump, Ford, Scheer, Singh, May or Greta. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | EDITORIAL Choose forward …, In it for you …, Forward together …, It’s time for you to get ahead …. They all say the same thing, they all mean well in one way or another. But Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and Conservatives would all do it differently. Picking a party […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Business is picking up in town here — as in pick up and delivery. No Uber eats or Skip the Dishes. But talk of a new fast food outlet appears to be true. Pizza Hut is said to be moving onto the main street in Gravenhurst. The takeout and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Lest we forget — not in your life or theirs. Muskoka author and historian Patrick Boyer has his latest book out now, appropriately for Remembrance Day. “Muskokans Fight the Great War” is the first book in his MODERN HISTORY OF MUSKOKA series. In August 1914 Muskokans rushed to enlist […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Students and parents fresh from avoiding a shutdown of schools last week could see a possible elementary school teachers’ strike if a union vote shows support tomorrow. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members from the Trillium Lakelands area will hold a confidential members’ meeting and a central […]