Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Conservatives criticized for not jumping on the climate strike marches today will see local CPC candidate Scott Aitchison front and centre at today’s main Muskoka protest in Huntsville. The town’s on-leave mayor will be on the front steps of town hall, this time joining an expected crowd of more […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com As Canadians in Bracebridge and Huntsville today join the global climate strike marches to fight climate change, a startling, sad story on Canada’s waste recycling is set to air tonight on the CBC. It seems a lot of our plastic is not being recycled as promised. It’s a similar story to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Days after a frail, elderly Gravenhurst woman who wandered away from her home was found dead, Ontario’s minister for seniors and accessibility dropped into the riding today to announce funding for elder care. MPP Norm Miller welcomed Raymond Cho, Minister of Seniors and Accessibility, who announced funding for Alzheimer’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Years of planning, protesting and broken political promises have come to fruition for Swift River Energy Limited (SREL), the builder, owner and operator of the controversial new Bala hydro generating station on the Moon River in Muskoka Lakes Township. Testing is underway as of Sept. 18, 2019, and is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MINETT — Years of raw sewage spills into Lake Rosseau at the JW Marriott Muskoka resort and spa continue to be monitored weekly after provincial order in August. The matter came to a head Canada Day weekend with the latest spill. This week, the District of Muskoka and the Township of […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The growing Fridays4Future movement is gaining momentum in Muskoka. Following last week’s demonstration at the Huntsville Town Hall, and another one this Friday, students at Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes Secondary are planning a protest. BMLFridays4Future is organizing a student walkout at 1:30 p.m. BMLSS organizers now say their Climate Action Bracebridge Strike is in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Rural mail boxes in two separate locations were reportedly broken into here over the weekend. Provincial police say that on Monday September 23, officers were notified by Canada Post that a rural mailbox was broken into. They say that sometime over the weekend, unknown culprit’s pried open six out […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Gord Miller says the purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is a “sucker play” by the Liberals for a country that won’t soon need it as the world goes green. He wants Canada to shift gears away from dirty, non-sustainable energy. No new fracking, no more oil wells or […]