Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Graydon Smith defied defeat tonight as local PCs came out in more numbers to hold off the improved Greens for a second time in 36 months. In the end it wasn’t even close as many locally and provincewide thought it would. The returning MPP’s loyal Conservative faithful went […]
MUSKOKA — A short hospital emergency back-up power outage from 8 p.m. to midnight in Huntsville will mean longer ER wait times at MAHC’s south Muskoka site. The four-hour planned outage is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. and end by midnight. MAHC says the shutdown is necessary to connect the under construction MRI suite […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Time to definitively vote — one way or t’other. First, why would anyone in Gravenhurst vote PC after yet another government failure to secure the fates of the former Ontario Fire College and Muskoka Centre? And why vote for the Greens when they talk about helping small […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — In a tighter-than-expected race, local candidates are scrambling in the final days to push them over the top Thursday. With some surprising curve balls centred squarely on the election’s defining issue of the Muskoka hospitals redevelopment. The 2,200 vote gap in June 2022 between PC Graydon Smith and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — With a rush election and barely 12 per cent of residents casting their ballots in the three days of advance polling late last week, there are still more than 70,000 votes and counting to go on the provincial election day Thursday. Kim Bordeleau, the Elections Ontario returning officer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The Greens are gearing up for a major endorsement tomorrow in Huntsville from some local Muskoka doctors. This as party and public polls show a tightening race that is closely being watch. And with more than 10,000 people having already voted in last Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s advanced, says […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — We’re asking: “Who are you voting for Feb. 27?” And how did you like the recent provincial election debate last week — if you watched it? No. 5 – Feb. 24: … “Who am I voting for? It won’t be this guy. I can only hope people smarten up about the Conservatives. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A pair of impaired driving charges this weekend has two Muskoka 27-year-old Muskoka drivers facing charges here.On Saturday, February 22, at 1:07 a.m., police were conducting patrols on King William Street and stopped a driver. As a result Tim Knight, 27, of Huntsville, was charged with: Operation while impaired – alcohol/drugs; and Operation […]