GRAVENHURST — The coroner’s office is investigating how a frail, 75-year-old 80-pound senior died after going missing Monday, Sept. 17. Provincial police say that on Wenesday, September 18, 2019, officers from the Bracebridge detachment of the OPP were called to assist with a missing person from Clipsham Road in the south end of Gravenhurst in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Do old photos tell the whole story? While the country reels over racist school photos by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a group of 60-year-old GHS grads were sharing their past and present on the weekend at a birthday reunion around town. Photos from more than 40 years ago were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A young Huntsville woman’s story about family upheaval amid a move is one of five finalists for a CBC nonfiction writing contest. Kathleen May’s story, “The Long Driveway,” is up for a major prize with the winner to receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If Elizabeth May wants “all hands on deck” to fight climate change, she had a boatful here last night in a sea of green-shirted volunteers. A crowd of 200 crammed the Muskoka Discovery Centre to hear the Green Party leader talk about the environment. “We’ve entered a period of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Signs, signs, everywhere elections signs — except in Bracebridge. Party reports of signs in ditches and town works staff pulling them up are proving true in Bracebridge. Greens and Liberals say their signs have been ditched days after the federal election was officially called. Apparently everywhere but in Bracebridge […]
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 […]