Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — You gotta hand it to these folks. What a great idea. Hands TheFamilyHelpNetwork.ca (Hands) is hosting free Sensory Sensitive Halloween Celebrations for children and youth with Autism, and their families. Sensory Sensitive events provide children with Autism the opportunity to practice trick-or-treating and other activities associated with Halloween in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Annual Empty Bowls Event will be taking place at 6 pm on Thursday, October 24 at the Gravenhurst High School. This is truly a community event organized in partnership with the Gravenhurst Rotary Club, Gravenhurst Lions Club and the Gravenhurst High School including the Grade 11 Ceramics Class, senior […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Scott Aitchison wasted no time after winning the federal election last night. Within two hours of declaring victory, the Conservative MP-elect ended his leave of absence as Huntsville’s mayor, effective at 11:59 p.m. This morning he was back in his office at town hall cleaning out his desk […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A new MP, the same party and same result. The seat of power in Parry Sound-Muskoka shifted just slightly north tonight, from Port Sydney to Huntsville, where the mayor here is now the MP-elect. Conservative Scott Aitchison swept to power with an easy win in his first attempt at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Voters were lined up early at the first chance to cast a ballot this morning. “It’s always like this the first hour,” said poll clerk Jack Cline, as dozens of Gravenhurst residents who had waited to get in for the 9:30 a.m. opening poured in to the Gravenhurst […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Monday was payday for local hospitals in the riding. The province announced $4.79 million in funding for the Bracebridge, Huntsville and Parry Sound hospitals. “Ontario is working towards ending hallway health care by making increased investments in the province’s small and medium-sized hospitals,” said MPP Norman Miller in a release. The total […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | OPINION Good morning voters. It’s Oct. 21, Election Day in your country. A day you’ll have to live with for four years. For half of it you matter. Tuesday, you’ll return to political obscurity. But for 12 hours, you’re more important than Trudeau, Trump, Ford, Scheer, Singh, May or Greta. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com | EDITORIAL Choose forward …, In it for you …, Forward together …, It’s time for you to get ahead …. They all say the same thing, they all mean well in one way or another. But Liberals, New Democrats, Greens and Conservatives would all do it differently. Picking a party […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Business is picking up in town here — as in pick up and delivery. No Uber eats or Skip the Dishes. But talk of a new fast food outlet appears to be true. Pizza Hut is said to be moving onto the main street in Gravenhurst. The takeout and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Lest we forget — not in your life or theirs. Muskoka author and historian Patrick Boyer has his latest book out now, appropriately for Remembrance Day. “Muskokans Fight the Great War” is the first book in his MODERN HISTORY OF MUSKOKA series. In August 1914 Muskokans rushed to enlist […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LINDSAY — Students and parents fresh from avoiding a shutdown of schools last week could see a possible elementary school teachers’ strike if a union vote shows support tomorrow. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members from the Trillium Lakelands area will hold a confidential members’ meeting and a central […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High housing costs that have driven people out of Muskoka and its core communities are a hot topic on the federal election campaign. If you’re lucky enough to have a job, getting to work can be a problem in a district that stretches an hour in any direction. Shoppers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Sunday’s concert at the Gravenhurst Opera House will be a blast. A cannon blast, as the Orillia Silver Band is set to perform its Light Fantastic Concert. The afternoon concert is Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students/children and are available from the Opera […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A 57-year-old Bracebridge resident is dead after vehicle hit a tree on Peterson Road. Provincial police and Muskoka EMS responded to the single vehicle collision Oct. 15 at 7:35 a.m. They say a nearby resident was awoken by the sound of the vehicle striking a tree and called for […]
BAYSVILLE — Why are our waters so bad this year? Residents are wondering that after yet another environmental report of a blue-green algae bloom in Muskoka, just outside Baysville in Lake of Bays Township. It’s been a widespready ongoing problem this summer and this is at least the third incident, this one reported just before […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SEVERN — Police are investigating the death of a pedestrian found on Hwy. 11 early this morning near Big Chief Road. Provincial police from Orillia investigating the fatal collision that occurred in the Township of Severn October 13, 2019 at about 2:15 a.m. Police were called to a report of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6 …. The countown is on to the Oct. 21 election. With just over a week to go, talk around the turkey table will be about more than what’s for dessert. And it’s not dry white meat that may give you indigestion, election debate will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — What’s the government doing to help your mental health — particularly among young Canadians in light of more tragic related deaths? On the federal election campaign, it’s a non-issue. This week, on World Mental Health Day, Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced an investment of nearly $40 million, he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease here has health officials scrambling to deal with the epidemic. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it is investigating a “cluster” of cases in the Orillia area. They say eight cases have been confirmed in individuals who reside in or have visited Orillia […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — There are thousands of inspiring women in Muskoka And each year the YWCA recognizes some of them. And the impressive list is growing again. This year, 14 local women have been nominated for a prestigious Women of Distinction Award — an award presented annually by YWCA Muskoka to women who go above […]