Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Put in context the fourth wave is far worse than the first three — with almost three quarters of Canadians fully vaccinated. That’s as Simcoe-Muskoka reported 28 new cases today and 17 on Wednesday. Thursday’s cases were: Huntsville woman, 65-79, who had travelled and reported Aug. 18 after first […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Stuck on Step 3. That’s Ontario with 99 per cent of rising COVID cases Delta variants. And Simcoe-Muskoka marred in flagging vaccinations among young residents. This as Dr. Kieran Moore still predicts a “difficult” fourth wave fall, says Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner, his regional […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Vaccines won’t be mandatory for all Ontarians — but in a step in the right direction health and education workers will have to be vaccinated by Sept. 7 or else …. This as the health unit reports 14 cases in Simcoe and 1 in Muskoka — a Georgian Bay […]
MUSKOKA — A local labour dispute threatens health services for children with rehabilitative needs including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and autism. A strike mandate for the 73 professional workers represented by OPSEU/SEFPO at One Kids Place (OKP) has been issued by members to its bargaining team. In all 97 per cent voted […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A Bracebridge man was airlifted to hospital in Toronto late this morning after a head-on collision. Provincial police says officers along with Muskoka EMS and Muskoka Lakes Fire Department responded to a two-vehicle collision on Muskoka Road 118 near Milford Bay just before 11:00 a.m. The head-on collision left one driver trapped […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three of the 44 cases reported today by the health unit were in Muskoka — and they continue a local trend that last week saw a 165 per cent jump in cases since the first week of August. The new cases are the latest weekend update since Friday by […]
Well, I’m about to celebrate my seventh anniversary as a tea drinker. Not just a run of the mill tea drinker, but rather a green tea sipper to the max. Someone told me that drinking green tea is a healthy habit and will cause you to live forever. Of course, being a Christian I was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Natalia Hawthorn is back on track today after a near disaster almost befell her at the Olympics. The Bracebridge-born, North Vancouver resident is in Memphis with a new goal to meet the 1,500m world championships qualifying time for next July in Eugene, Oregon. That will be almost a year after Tokyo, […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist Sometimes the subway needs to shut down at rush hour and it can take a long time to get people back on their way. And long lines form as people wait for shuttle buses. A few years ago a dog somehow got on the tracks and the TTC shut down […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Call her COVID #19. A Muskoka Lakes girl who tested positive for the coronavirus is among 19 regional residents with the dreaded Delta variant. The health unit says the under-18 child is under investigation after being reported yesterday with a first episode Tuesday. She is among 510 cases the […]
GRAVENHURST — Forget vaccine passports, criminals are travelling in comfort and style this summer. Thieves here got away with a Passport travel trailer worth $40,000 and a boat trailer you’d have to sink $10,000 in to to launch with it. Provincial police are investigating a pair of un-petty crimes the past two weekends. Overnight Saturday […]
MUSKOKA — A push to get more Muskokans vaccinated continues. After months struggling to get more testing and vaccination sites, the health unit is pulling out all the stops as it increases walk-in traffic and puts on pop-up clinics in even remote community locations. The latest initiative started this past Monday in Gravenhurst and continued […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Should unvaccinated Canadians be able go to the ballot box in a federal election? It’s too late for a plebiscite on that question. But with 15 to 25 COVID cases in Simcoe-Muskoka today, 513 in Ontario, Justin Trudeau expected to call for a national vote within days and more […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — GAP’s “dream” is alive. A future home to house all its social initiatives including its signature food program and a Young Adult Centre. “The stars have to align,” Gravenhurst Against Poverty chair Bonnie Dart said this morning at the official kick-off to a major fundraising campaign. Their public solicitation […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A young Muskoka Lakes man is among 15 COVID cases the health unit is reporting in Simcoe-Muskoka today as the fourth wave is upon us all but officially declared. The 18-34-year-old is under investigation as to the cause, which was reported Aug. 5 with a first episode Aug. 2. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They say write what you know. Julia Tilson knows pain. “I had a lot of pain in my teenage years.” Not just the mental or emotional kind many kids suffer. But physical pain. The near-death experience kind. A brain bleed in public school left the then 10-year-old in a […]
GRAVENHURST — The body of a man found in Sparrow Lake Aug. 1 has been confirmed as a canoeist who was reported missing three days before. Ian Walker, 56, was a seasonal resident on the lake. And the ninth area water fatality this summer in just over a month. Provincial police today said that on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A dozen more Simcoe COVID cases today keeps the pressure on regional residents to stay the course on staying apart. The province reported 15 cases locally Tuesday. With an American travel invasion underway Muskoka is a prime destination for an influx of visitors from a country still struggling to […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two Burk’s Falls residents face drug charges after their vehicle was stopped north of town here Sunday afternoon after police said it was “being driven in a concerning manner.” Provincial police arrested and charged driver Peter Everett, 40, and passenger Randi Boland, 31. They say that on Aug. 8 at 3:55 p.m., an officer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Comedian John Cleese made a big splash — and headlines — last week when he claimed Airbnb left him high and dry for a film shoot by taking his money under Fawlty pretences. He Tweeted they left him homeless in Huntsville by taking his deposit, but giving the Muskoka towers to […]