Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Elizabeth May breezed into Gravenhurst this afternoon with little fanfare and less of a carbon footprint. The Green Party leader, who will speak at 7 p.m. tonight at a town meeting at the Muskoka Discovery Centre, was on hand to help candidate Gord Miller open his office in the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Pharmacare head-to-toe for everyone.” That’s the NDP promise “if you vote for the right party,” says their Parry Sound-Muskoka candidate. In an interview Saturday with MuskokaTODAY.com, Tom Young says it would be “wonderful for everyone.” He says businesses could save money if the government paid for dental, medical, mental […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Tom Young is beating the drum for the NDP — to fight climate change and “the crisis we’re facing right now.” The Bracebridge resident and Legion Pipes and Drums snare drummer is the New Democratic Party candidate in the federal election. He’s vying to be the next Parry Sound-Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “Curious about our final numbers?” That’s organizers of the 39th annual Terry Fox Run in Gravenhurst yesterday. “Well, here they are as of 6:30 p.m.” Sept. 15m , just over eight hours after the first of almost 100 runners and walkers trekked 10K out along Muskoka Beach Road to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Anyone who thought rural Canada isn’t in play in the federal election — or that the local riding race isn’t a tight one — will be interested to know that Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will be in Gravenhurst on Tuesday afternoon and evening for about a five-hour stop. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — About 100 Terry Fox supporter are pounding the pavement in raincoats and walking/running with umbrellas this morning (Sunday, Sept. 15) for the annual cancer run. They were reminded that Terry Fox, who ran through Gravenhurst in 1981 and celebrated his birthday here at huge public celebration, weathered the same […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — The Ontario coroner’s office has called an inquest into the death of a 42-year-old Bracebridge construction worker who died on a job site in Port Carling two years ago this past spring. On Friday, Dr. Kenneth Peckham, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Central West Office, announced that […]
GRAVENHURST — There’s no volunteering when the alarm goes. Local firefighters go when called. Now, there are nine new “volunteer firefighters” to answer 911 when cars crash and fires erupt. The Gravenhurst Fire Department welcomed them after weeks of summer training. Four other officers were promoted, and 11 firefighters received long service awards, including 20 […]