SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Here’s what the health unit expects if you’re a business or organization engaging with the public indoors. Dr. Charles Gardner issued the following “order” Tuesday to you. It reads: Due to increasing community transmission of COVID-19 in Simcoe Muskoka, the Medical Officer of Health (MOH) is revising the Letter of Instruction (LOI) to owners, operators, […]
GRAVENHURST — Two young people have been caught and charged with drug possession and accused of trying sneak cannabis into the federal prison here yesterday. Provincial police say that on Nov. 22 at 4 a.m. they were contacted by staff at the Beaver Creek Correctional facility about two packages that had been located on the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — You know COVID is getting worse when local numbers are higher than Toronto. Simcoe-Muskoka has through much of the pandemic been a high-impact region in Ontario as an early leader in variants of concern — notably the Delta VOC But today both the health unit and Public Health Ontario […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Huntsville man faces charges of indignity to human remains after a body was found near Gryffin Lodge Road Sunday. Police say that the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service is attempting to determine the identity of the person. They say that on November 21 a member of the public called the OPP to report […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After 407 COVID cases last week in Simcoe-Muskoka, the week starts off with 49 — including 18 in Muskoka since Friday. That includes 87 over the weekend in the county and district. This as the first shipment of kids vaccines has arrived in Hamilton via UPS and Ontario bookings […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The return of the Northlander was much as it left — late and picking up only one person in Gravenhurst. Mayor Paul Kelly rode the test train to Toronto — along with other north-eastern Ontario mayors and lobbyists — to meet with Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney to again plead […]
GRAVENHURST — A thunderous lightning clap about midnight today has left four more families homeless after igniting a suspected fire, which destroyed a third multi-plex apartment building in the downtown in the past three months. Gravenhurst Fire was on scene at 12 a.m. Monday for the fire at 325 Hughson St., which fire officials estimate […]
GRAVENHURST — Two women suspects are being sought by police after a drug store reported shoplifting. The OPP were called to the IDA on Brock Street in Gravenhurst Thursday, Nov. 18. They say two women entered the business and left with a quantity of items without paying. Police released a store surveillance photo of the […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist Married for 53 years and long retired, life changes. What use to be the expected norm no longer exists … and I rather like the new normal. For instance, I have a comfortable lazy boy chair that my wife thinks I like too much. I’ll admit that I do spend […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist With the labour shortage, work at home options and the exodus from urban areas, many are contemplating small town life. Recently, I thought I found a job that could allow me to relocate back to my hometown in Gravenhurst. One catch, it required willingness to drive to Bracebridge. Many job […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — In the menacing clutches of an excavator claw, a large brown Teddy bear was dragged from a heap of debris today and dropped into an orange dumpster destined for a landfill. As operator Gary MacDonald deposited the huge shards of twisted metal, roof trusses, walls, wires and stuffies, Jamie […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Good news about Pfizer vaccines for kids 5 to 11 coming within “days” was countered locally today with fall high of 87 regional COVID cases — including 9 more in Muskoka. That’s the second day this week with as many in the northern half of the health unit’s reporting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While kids vaccines are getting all the headlines today, local seniors aged 70 and + can get booster shots locally now — if you are 168 days from your second vaccine shot. According to a release today from the Algonquin Healthcare, their family health teams in Gravenhurst and Huntsville […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Every kid in Canada 5 to 11 can soon be vaccinated. Ottawa and Health Canada will make it official at 10 a.m. tomorrow at 10 a.m. meaning almost three million eligible little ones should start getting a children’s dose of Pfizer possibly Nov. 25. It’s part of lots of […]
WAHTA — Police have suspended their search for a missing woman here after a body was found here late yesterday morning. The OPP say they located human remains during a search for a missing person in Wahta Mohawk First Nation Wednesday morning. They say that at on Nov. 15, at 11 a.m., a 49-year-old Diana Kasper, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WAHTA — Search efforts resumed here today for a missing Washago woman. Provincial police are asking for the public’s help locating the missing person in the area of Ragged Rapids Road in Wahta First Nations. Diana Kasper, 49, was last seen Friday, Nov. 12. Kasper is described as 5-foot-6, with shoulder-length […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Support local businesses, help your community and get great bargains from the comfort of your home starting this weekend. That’s when the Gravenhurst Rotary TV/Internet Auction kicks off pre-bidding for the Nov. 28 Sunday main afternoon live TV event. After more than three decades of delivering deals on Cable […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Yesterday three young men in Bracebridge, 18-34, were reported to have tested for positive for COVID-19. They are all under investigation by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) after having first episodes the day before. The trio are among 42 SMDHU cases Tuesday and 70 so far this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — An average of more than 50 cases a day over the weekend makes the region one of the province’s top hot spots today. The 155 cases Friday, Saturday and Sunday includes a dozen in Muskoka — and 143 in Simcoe. And while 3 of them were among children under […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST-BRACEBRIDGE-MUSKOKA LAKES — Just say “Yes you can!” That’s the marketing message from south Muskoka chambers of commerce as they excitedly launched a new campaign to remind residents that when it comes to goods and services, “It’s all right here” in your home town. The Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes chambers […]