Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Muskokans don’t take our rock for granite. Canadians should do likewise, as the Americans are coming fast for what we’ve got. And what we hold dear to our red hearts. The Canadian Shield is our bedrock. We’re built on it and have lived off it since pre-Confederation. We are the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA —  It’s now a four-way race for Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP to sit at Queen’s Park The provincial Liberals have announced their candidate for the upcoming election 27, riding president Bill Condy said Sunday morning. David Innes is a life-long Liberal and currently Leader Bonnie Crombie’s tech director. A release […]

Greens … Greens’ Richter, Schreiner said Saturday they will address affordability by lowering taxes for people making under $65K and households under $100K. Party at zero in public trust poll on affordable housing trust. . . . PCs Smith and Ford still ahead at polls, but suffer dip after premier’s support for Trump before walking […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — John Cooper is already a big winner and international sports champion. If you know the outgoing, involved retired businessman — and who doesn’t — you already know how much he loves Muskoka. Just ask James Murphy, CEO of Explorers’ Edge, central Ontario’s top tourism executive. “John Cooper is no […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — With seven beds now funded by the province and three more by MAHC (until April 1), Hospice Muskoka is joining a new partnership to improve patient care by enhancing information privacy and security, streamlining documentation sharing, and strengthening quality of care for those with life-limiting illnesses. Led by […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Muskoka motorists heading south were detoured off Hwy. 11 Friday when the latest winter storm struck Simcoe County causing multiple “very serious” accidents and leading to hospitalizations as snow continued to fall. This as Environment Canada has issued a snow squall warning for Muskoka where brilliant sun shone in […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — A mischievous teen was charged yesterday after emergency services responded en masse to repeated 911 call about a structure fire and a “a 13-year-old female who had been shot and was lying in the middle of the street bleeding.” Police continue to investigate the incident involving a youth making […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — There’s another face in the race. And a formidable one for the NDP who are running Jim Ronholm, a retired Canadian Armed Forces member and an almost 28-year fulltime systems analyst computer professor at Canadore College in North Bay. “I typically tell people if it has to do […]

HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for the public’s assistance in identifying a person who has been committing several thefts at a local downtown business. The suspect usually creates a distraction in the business and then steals items. One business is suffering losses in excess hundreds of dollars. The OPP remind the public and retail store […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Matt Richter and Mike Schreiner have had a list of beefs with Doug Ford and his government for years including “ignoring rural Ontario.” Today the Greens leadership team re-iterated most of them when Richter “shared” his ‘5-point plan’ for the riding that will “take action to address five […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Waking up tomorrow without Florida orange juice is your choice. A glass of Canadian apple juice is cheaper. This as Donald Trump gave Canada a 30-day tariff reprieve this afternoon. Meanwhile this afternoon, U.S. booze and produce were still on some store shelves in Gravenhurst like the LCBO and […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST (Feb. 3) — A $29 million drug bust that netted police almost 300 kilos of cocaine included a search warrant in Gravenhurst last month. Police say five people face a dozen charges after search warrants in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Gravenhurst. One of the accused is a Mexican […]

ORILLIA (Feb. 2) — It may be happy trails for snowmobilers glad to find sledding conditions more conducive across Central Ontario thanks to early snowfalls. But their trails aren’t designed for cars and trucks. They say a pair of instances lately ended with no injuries, but could have turned out differently when vehicles tried out […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Down just a goal in each of the first two periods, the Muskoka Bears gave up three more in the third for a 5-2 loss here last night at home. It was the same outcome as Friday when they visited Huntsville for the first of back-to-back weekend games. Down […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The Muskoka Bears enter the home stretch of their first season tonight home to Stayner. After their busiest stretch of the season so far — with 10 games in January — they left last month with a pair of wins against the division-leading Alliston Hornets (handing them their lone […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Last weekend’s Fire & Ice Festival was more about ice than fire, but it didn’t deter thousands who flocked onto Manitoba Street for lots of fun if not sun. Saturday was more about slipin’ and slidin’. Or more prec-ice-ly You-Tubing as hundreds of them lined up down Taylor Road […]

GRAVENHURST (Jan. 31) — A driver who police say appeared to avoid a RIDE cheque has been charged with impaired operation. Last night, Thursday Jan. 30, police were on Muskoka Road South at 11 p.m. checking vehicles, when a vehicle veered off the road within site of them. Officers followed the driver and stopped her […]