Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Justin’ time. … They found him just in time. That’s local Liberals who yesterday along with party members country-wide elected Mark Carney as their leader and Canada’s next prime minister later this week. With elbows up all 343 Big Red ridings voted in his favour — including Parry Sound-Muskoka. Setting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Last week’s provincial election appears to have been won mostly in the riding’s burbs with surprising exceptions. Polling results show the two front-runners battling it out in closer races in the urban centres of Parry Sound-Muskoka. Before Graydon Smith won eventual re-election over Matt Richter by 2,371 votes. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — David Phillips still gets up in the morning to check the weather. Like most he’s excited to see what the wind blew in or if he needs ear muffs. But unlike us — and some agriculturalists — he’s most likely to know what we’re going to get. And also […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A home owner called 911 early yesterday after spotting a thief carrying two axes outside their home not long after midnight. Police are investigating the break and enter Wednesday March 5. They say officers responded to a call from a resident on Xavier Street after the home owner resident realized […]
HUNTSVILLE – A fundraising effort for the Red Cross this week is legitimate, say police. The OPP want to inform residents that during the week of March 3-9 a company called TNi will be conducting door-to-door canvassing on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross. It has been confirmed that there will be no requests for […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people face charges after being arrested a second time the same day. Police say that on Thursday February 27 officers stopped a vehicle on Forbes Hill Drive in Huntsville to check for a suspected impaired driver. The investigation revealed a prohibited weapon and the occupants on conditions not be around each other after a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION You can’t fight in here, this is the White House. OMG! If it wasn’t so serious it would be “Dr. Strangelove.” Trump said his showdown with ballsy Zelenskyy made great TV. And headlines, commentary and outrage — and SNL comedy. “Isn’t this crazy,” Trump said when elected. Captivating, insightful, enthralling, gripping, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — No wonder today’s second weekend Muskoka Philharmonic concert is sold out. “The Muskoka Philharmonic has arrived,” boasted its director Alana Nuedling during a special permission piece. Notably after yesterday’s opening treat at Trinity United Church in Gravenhurst, their 4 p.m. performance at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will be another […]