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Nova Scotians face $1,000 fines for  not social distancing under health protection act as  premier Stephen McNeil announced a state of emergency Sunday morning. And he said people can report offenders, as the country looks to be moving toward more emergency orders that will restrict rights. This after 28 cases of the cornavirus have been […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A second patient at RVH has died with COVID-19, and a woman in her 30s is being treated for the virus infection that she appears to have acquired in the community. She is the ninth reported case in Simcoe-Muskoka said the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). On […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You gotta have heart. Lots and lots of hearts. Residents and businesses are showing their love for others at this trying time with “Window Hearts.” In gesture of solidarity with the world and their community, the universal symbol is popping up large and small, red and blue. In one […]

MUSKOKA — Public sector salaries for various government employees were released Friday by the province of Ontario. They provide disclosures for all sectors and seconded employees from last year. The list provides information on all public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2019 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Good Samaritan has emerged today to help those self-isolating. Adam Crockatt is spearheading a small group effort to run errands for those who may be housebound by the coronavirus. Gravenhurst Caretagion 2020, which began Friday, is “a zero-contact” initiative that came out of a conversation Dr. Adam MacLennan. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst’s mayor is “keeping in the loop” while under self-isolation this week. Paul Kelly and his wife, Sue, returned to their Morrison Lake home March 10 and he expects to be back on the job next Wednesday, March 25. The couple were 10 days in Saint Martin and flew […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Patients and visitors to Muskoka’s two hospitals who may have symptoms of the coronavirus are being segregated in separate waiting spaces as they wait further full assessment. While Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare waits provincial approval to partner in a COVID-19 screening centre, its two sites at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHRST — Advance work Thursday and Friday at Brock Street and Bethune Drive in Gravenhurst is underway as CN Rail plans to move the safety rail arms (wigwags) about a dozen feet closer to the tracks Monday. Dan Dodd, a track supervisor, said on site today, March 19, that it’s part […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Ontario has reported its second death related to COVID-19 — a man in his 50s who died in Oakville. And why is that important? And why is social distancing so critical? Because — officials say it may be a community spread case. Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer […]

GRAVENHURST — Drivers and pedestrians are reminded that the intersection of Bethune Drive and Brock Street will be closed Monday, March 23, for CN Rail repairs. Work will be taking place on the safety traffic arms. Anyone wishing to cross Bethune are advised to use either Phillip Street to the south or Winewood Avenue to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Orillia’s CAO is under fire for being on the job Monday a day after flying home from the Cayman Islands and on the same day a man in his 60s went into Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital with confirmed case of the cornavirus. Social media is full of criticism after Gayle […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The question now is not what is closed — but what is left open. With daily reports, news releases and signs of closure popping up on storefronts everywhere, the growing community lockdown is having affecting all aspects of life. For safety reasons, COVID-19 has forced communities to redefine their […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ontario’s first death linked to the coronavirus nevery “presented” in Muskoka. “We know nothing about this,” Allyson Snelling, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s corporate communications officer told MuskokaTODAY.com on Tuesday. Confusion earlier that day around national news that a “Muskoka” man in his 70s was COVID’s first victim in the province. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Natalie Bubela, head of the local hospitals, has been working at home this week helping them handle the COVID-19 crisis. As the coronavirus is expected to escalate in the coming weeks and breach the borders of Muskoka, the CEO of the Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare is recovering from surgery. She […]