Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A middle-aged woman and a man 80+ — both from Muskoka Lakes Township — are just two of 32 cases of COVID-19 being reported today as the running total hits one shy of 1,800. The two Muskoka residents are under investigation as to the cause. The Simcoe Muskoka District […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — The health unit is urging caution to residents and visitors on the north side of Bass Lake, in Township of Muskoka Lakes, after a confirmed blue-green algae bloom was discovered. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said today, Nov. 19, people should exercise caution where blue-green algae is visible and to take […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “We’re politicians, not doctors,” admits Jill Dunlop, the Simcoe North MPP who said this morning she “differs” with her own medical officer of health when it comes to transparency concerns that some physicians have about being able to share the pandemic advice they’re giving the government. “Every decision we […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A daily drop in COVID cases locally today — at 18 — still sees Simcoe-Muskoka with 135 people testing positive this week. That’s down from 31 for the day Tuesday. And one more death since yesterday. None of the new cases were in Muskoka. Also today, the Simcoe Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Simcoe-Muskoka went up and Ontario down today in COVID accounting. The local region — which is now in Ontario’s yellow protect COVID zone — posted 31 new cases Monday Nov. 17 and the province 1,249. Quebec and Manitoba were also down at 982 and 270 cases respectively. A Gravenhurst […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are doing more patrols around the former Muskoka Centre mental health residence after four people were charged last week with break and enter. Government workers have now replaced hoarding on the Lake Muskoka property that were torn down by trespassers who are also accused of theft. Police say officers responded to a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Three Pines staff members remain in isolation after one of them tested positive as of Saturday. It says the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) advised the District Nov. 14 that a staff member from the Pines Long-Term Care Home has tested positive for COVID-19. This positive result was not an outcome of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What a difference a few days makes. And not just in weather. Wednesday, Remembrance Day, the parade square around at the local cenotaph was virtually void — save for 14 legionnaires bravely cloistered inside, lest anyone forget. By order of the legion command — on the recommendation of public […]
ORILLIA — An attempted abduction downtown here Saturday evening has police looking for help from the public to find the suspected kidnapper. Provincial police say that on Nov. 14, just after 6 p.m., a female was walking on Front Street near Elgin Street when she was approached by a male who had gotten out of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID is “definitely going to get worse before it gets better.” And “a third wave always follows a second.” That’s the stark messages delivered this morning to Gravenhurst Probus members in a virtual briefing from one of the country’s top medical advisers. Dr. Andrew Morris, a Muldrew Lake cottager, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If you needed any more proof that the pandemic is going to make winter worse, latest local stats confirm everyone’s worst fears. Today the health unit reports 86 positive tests over the weekend. Two of them are women from Muskoka. One is aged 45-64 in Bracebridge. The other is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It was a dark and stormy night …. “It was a crazy day, all day and night,” said one person on social media. Yesterday’s winds whipped up a nasty night and day for residents across much of southern Ontario Sunday as wild gusts knocked down their usual trees and […]
HUNTSVILLE — The driver of a car that left the road and hit a pole faces numerous driving and theft-related charges Saturday. Police say they responded to a single motor vehicle collision on West St., Huntsville. They say the vehicle had driven off the road into a ditch and hit a pole and that he […]
HUNTSVILLE — An “unwanted” customer yesterday led to an impaired woman being charged with opioid possession. Police were called to a business on Hanes Road Sunday Nov. 15, where officers found a “highly intoxicated” female in the parking lot of Circle K convenience store. Dayna Lewis was arrested and an investigation resulted in the the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Here are two key numbers worth thinking about today, as Ontario’s COVID numbers fell four cases short of 1,400 today. In Simcoe 46 people tested positive for the coronavirus Friday (none in Muskoka). That’s the same number reported yesterday for the previous two days — Wednesday and Thursday. And […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As COVID numbers soar nationwide, a Huntsville woman over age 80 is under investigation after testing positive the past two days. The health unit reports today 46 cases in the region, most in Essa (11) and Bradford-West Gwillimbury (15). They are among 1,575 today in Ontario and 1,365 in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Schools here were put in a “hold and secure” yesterday afternoon after a report that a youth had “made concerning comments about potentially committing an act of violence at a local high school.” Police say they received information Wednesday Nov. 11 at 1:20 p.m. And that the affected schools were quickly placed into […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com As remembrances go, today’s service at the Gravenhurst legion wasn’t large. But it loomed larger than life and death in the minds of those 14 present, those few who couldn’t resist showing up in person and by those thinking of them at home. Here’s a snap shot of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today was a day to remember. Sons and daughters lost to wars. Daughters and sons, moms and dads, friends lost to the coronavirus. Remembrance Day had more poignancy as Canadians paused for two minutes this morning. And rightlfully eerily fewer people in person. At the Harry Wray Branch #302 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Residents and visitors to Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes Township are being cautioned today about three confirmed blue-green algae blooms in local lakes. The health unit issued the warnings this morning, Nov. 11, for the west side of Kahshe Lake, in Gravenhurst; and the north end of Black Lake and […]