Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An ambitious plan to “finish off” the Muskoka Wharf would see an extension of the board walk north leading to more than 100 condo units and retail spaces next to the Segwun and Wenonah II ships. The Rosseau Group behind the multi-million-dollar Cherokee Lane project wants to “pick up […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Schreiner says “Canada needs Annamie Paul’s voice in Ottawa.” The Green Party of Ontario leader, who’s been campaigning with his embattled federal counterpart this summer, says he will continue at her side when an election is called. He called her party’s squabbling “unfortunate.” Unlike Paul, Schreiner is no […]
GRAVENHURST — As Canada surpasses the halfway mark in completely vaccinated citizens, the health unit is offering more pop-up clinics open to any Muskoka resident who needs a first or second jab. Monday next, July 19, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit nurses, paramedics and volunteers will be inside on the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre arena floor. No […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit today is reporting two new cases in Simcoe after none yesterday. Both are 17 or under and are from Midland (July 12) and Innisfil (July 10). There were no cases in Muskoka. Public Health Ontario said this morning that Simcoe-Muskoka had no new cases. But this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Another drowning, this morning, is the latest in a string of water fatalities in Muskoka this summer. Emergency services were called to a seasonal residence on Mortimers Point Road in Muskoka Lakes Twp. Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. It is located between Bala and Glen Orchard and east […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Prison contraband worth more than $100,000 destined for Beaver Creek inmates has been seized by police and correctional service officers. Provincial police say today that last Wednesday OPP with its Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit and the Beaver Creek Correctional Institute officers confiscated multiple packages containing the contraband and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And then there was none. Today the province and health unit report no new COVID cases in the region as Ontario prepares to move to Step 3 of its recovery Friday. Lest we get ahead of ourselves, it’s not the first time since the virus emerged in Simcoe last […]
Tara Collum | Contributing columnist It can be difficult making friends in a small town. It can be even more difficult when you’re extremely shy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t just shy, I experienced anxiety and depression. These issues made it difficult to make friends, and made school challenging. In high school things became so difficult I […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Who better than teachers to help educate kids and the public to take more action on the climate crisis in Muskoka? At noon today a new initiative was launched at the weekly Friday Climate Strike in Memorial Park. The Muskoka Chapter of the Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) is supporting Climate Action Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ontario prepares to move to Stage 3 of its recovery next Friday, Simcoe and Muskoka are each reporting just one COVID case today. The province is making the move five days ahead of the originally scheduled opening July 21. That’s 16 days after the Stage 2 opening on […]
BRAECBRIDGE — Thank god for Fridays. Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is rallying the troops here at noon tomorrow for one of its weekly Fridays for Future Climate Strikes. In response to the obvious effects of climate change in Muskoka and beyond, the local chapter of the retired teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) says they are joining […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It wasn’t exactly Music on the Barge. Even if was how the famed — yet pandemic-postponed — concert series began at Gull Lake Rotary Park seven decades ago. On a floating dock. But still it was “amazing” all the same. An impromptu mini concert — for a couple of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — For a second straight day Muskoka has surpassed Simcoe in COVID cases — 6 to 5. Yesterday it was 4 to 2. This as Delta cases continue on the rise with 73 today, 70 yesterday, 59 Tuesday and 57 Monday. Five young people in Bracebridge — 2 girls and […]
SEVERN TOWNSHIP — A Toronto man is the latest drowning victim in the region. Roland Jonker, 76, of Toronto died Tuesday afternoon after a swimming accident in Deep Bay in Sparrow Lake. Provincial police say that just after 3 p.m. July 6 emergency services responded to an urgent call reporting a male who had failed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two thirds of today’s COVID cases are in Muskoka. After months of being behind in the counting — and amid renewed talk of separation from Simcoe — “we the north” top the south half of the health unit with four of six cases Wednesday. It’s a first in pandemic […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: I have taken the time today to write to the University of Windsor after hearing/seeing a professor there on CTV speaking about the appointment of a new governor general for Canada. I am very distressed to hear or read the words “mass grave” or “mass graves” used in reference to unmarked graves […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s OK for grandparents to give their grandkids a hug, say federal health officials. But just be careful says the local medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner says even with most adults and teens vaccinated it’s still possible to spread COVID-19. But federal health guidelines supersede provincial regulations, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — An international political study group will have local representation and leadership from the riding. Member of Parliament Scott Aitchison has been named to two working groups of the proposed CANZUK trade bloc, a conservative-led coalition of politicians from Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom. The movement […]
MUSKOKA — Two boaters face court dates after being charged with impaired operation on local lakes. Police say that on July 3 officers with the OPP marine unit based in Bracebridge were doing routine checks by stopping boats and doing safety inspections to protect the waterways. While on patrol on Kahshe Lake, in south Gravenhurst, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Mississauga man who drowned Saturday night on the north branch of the Muskoka River near Santa’s Village has been identified. Police say Noel Caoile, 18, died while swimming off Golden Beach Road. He was the fourth person to die that week after two other young men aged 20 and 23 drowned while […]