Ed. note: The following two letters were sent to MPP Norm Miller, MPP Merrilee Fullerton, Ontario‘s Minister of Long-Term Care, MP Scott Aitchison and MuskokaTODAY.com. Dear Mr. Miller: It is time for less talk and more action to enforce LTC regulations and standards. Current and past governments, their applicable health departments and LTC inspection indifference […]
GRAVENHURST — A brazen would-be thief brandishing a firearm was turned away empty-handed minutes apart at two variety stores here last evening. After being turned away at one at the intersection of Police are investigating the robberies that happened about 6:30 p.m. Monday Oct. 26 at Winewood Variety and Lester Square on Muskoka Beach Road […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — After record weekend numbers provincewide, Simcoe reported today that 55 people tested positive in the local health unit count since Friday. Muskoka had no cases Monday, Oct. 26. Ontario dropped to 851 after 1,072 on Sunday. And Quebec reported 808. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reports an additional two […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Provincial police are investigating the “sudden death” of a woman Friday. They say the Muskoka Crime Unit and Community Street Crime Unit, under the direction of the Criminal Investigation Branch, are investigating the sudden death of 30-year-old Jodi-Lynne Turner, on Oct. 23, at a residence on Uffington Road. The OPP say they want […]
WORLD — Polio was the COVID-19 of its day decades before the pandemic. Children under age 5 were ravaged by the debilitating, life-threatening disease that sent panic through families in the 1950s. And thankfully today — World Polio Day — it is “this close …” to being eradicated, thanks to more than one million Rotarians […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Bracebridge woman and an Orillia man who fled police have been charged. The woman turned herself in and the man is still on the run. Provincial police say that on Oct. 13 members of the Muskoka Community Street Crime (CSCU) of the Bracebridge detachment of the OPP observed two individuals in a […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville man faces seven drug charges after large quantity of cocaine and cannaibis were seized by police, along with more than $8,500 cash. Provincial police say that 10 days ago, on Oct. 13, OPP officers became suspicious of a vehicle in the Selkirk Drive area of Huntsville. They found the vehicle parked […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — We now know the answer to yesterday’s COVID question. 22. That’s the new number of people with the coronavirus Friday after small hope a day ago. It’s increase of 8 from Thursday — and again all in Simcoe. There was nobody in Muskoka who tested positive, says the Simcoe […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Is this a blip or a harbinger of hope? Simcoe and Muskoka reported today their lowest one-day COVID count in weeks. Eight cases — all in Simcoe — were posted by the health unit Thursday, Oct. 22. None were in Muskoka. Eight were women and two men. An Oro-Medonte […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — District landfill changes that charge you more to drop off your yard waste will see more bags of leaves on curbs Saturday on the first of two pick-up dates Oct. 24 and Nov. 7. They say a minimum $12 fee (up to 145 pounds) was established to encourage less […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With a federal election apparently staved off Canadians can re-focus on COVID-19. Today in Simcoe and Muskoka the health unit reports 26 new cases. Locally there is one case in Bracebridge, a man aged 18-34 got it through close contact. The other positive tests are mostly confined to Barrie […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — They got what they came for Monday. But they’re still “profoundly disappointed” with a hollow victory that appears more political than practical. District of Muskoka council unanimously passed a climate emergency declaration Monday as it marked 50 years since amalgamation. But the resolution passed was not the one put […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Confusion abounds on the subject of COVID. And it’s a real concern. In an effort to clear up some of it, here are two examples a reader asked us about today. What’s the difference between close contact and community acquired? That’s important when looking at public health reporting about […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — No news is good news if you live in Muskoka today. But if you’re in the health unit’s Simcoe reporting area, there’s a report of 17 people being tested with COVID-19. That’s down from 43 over the weekend, says the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit for Oct. 20. They […]
GRAVENHURST — An opportunistic thief who took advantage of a fire alarm is being sought in the theft of a car last night. Provincial police are investigating the incident at a residence on Second Street Sunday, Oct. 18. They say that while the apartment building was being evacuated due to a fire alarm the thief […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka climate advocates are calling on the District of Muskoka to declare a climate emergency. Armed with an impressive list of supporters — including dozens of business, groups, organizations and more than 100 people — they will be on hand virtually tonight to press a case they’ve been promoting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Five Muskoka residents are among a spike of 43 COVID-19 cases reported today from over the weekend. There were also two more deaths, according to public health. Three from Huntsville are aged 18-34 and two from Muskoka Lakes are 45-64 years old. For a Huntsville man and woman the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID may have slowed a lot of development, but a major housing plan is proceeding here in the town’s south end town core and should break ground next spring. Greg Jones, president of of SkyDev, says: “We are proceeding as planned with our mixed use investment in Gravenhurst.” He […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — If you’re going out trick-or-treating … stay close to home. That’s the “critical” advice from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. David Williams issued the following statement this morning detailing public health advice for Halloween this year: “As Ontarians begin to prepare for Halloween this year, I’d like […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Message: Gravenhurst must sever Sister city ties with China. I call upon Gravenhurst Mayor Paul Kelly and councillors to immediately sever ties with its sister/twin cities in China due to the country’s Communist regime part in the coronavirus outbreak. Sister/twin cities promote cultural and commercial ties after entering into legal or social agreements. […]