Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After four days of cases, Muskoka finished the week with no reports of COVID-19, while Simcoe saw 34 positive tests. The province reported 25 for the region this morning. That’s 169 this week, according to local public health officials. And while residents are already reporting on social media they’ve […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Vaccine bookings have begun with people reporting on social media they already have appointments for early next week. Simcoe-Muskoka is among health units that yesterday allowed residents to go online or call by phone to get injected in Bracebridge and Huntsville. Those 85 and older — along with Indigenous […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — Two local women who paid “fines” with gift cards and Bitcoin are among five bizarre fraud cases OPP are investigating this month. Then there’s person who got hired to “work from home” and the first assignment was to transfer funds utilizing a crypto-currency platform. How about a Kijiji scam […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — If you were born three years before the Second World War, you are among those who can now get in line for a COVID vaccination next week. Two of the 13 clinics will open in: Bracebridge at the Sportsplex Huntsville at the Active Living Centre. Times and dates to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — At least three dozen new COVID cases today include 4 more from Muskoka. The health unit reports 36 cases (province says 44) bringing their total to 6,362 with 522 active cases. Among them are: Bracebridge man, 35-44, under investigation first reported Feb. 24 and first episode Feb. 23 Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Parry Sound and Muskoka were once part of the same health unit. Now it’s up to its MPP to speak up for the riding on two separate fronts after separation sent one half of residents north, the other half south. This morning in the provincial legislature Norman Miller urged […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man who contracted the COVID virus the past few days through travel is the only Muskoka resident to test positive in today’s local public health reporting. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 42 other cases in Simcoe. The Gravenhurst man, who is between the ages of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A two-year joint investigation between the province and the district has led to 9 charges against a water works worker who has been fired. The District of Muskoka began investigating March 2019 in to the “conduct of an employee,” says a release today. They say the employee was immediately […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The province has announced the ages and dates when you can get a vaccination. General (Ret.) Rick Hillier, chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, explained the roll-out this morning on booking an appointment online and by phone. The local health unit will announce its own details tomorrow […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Rising variant cases — including 9 now in Muskoka — are creating “worrisome” trend that could lead to a return to lockdown in Simcoe-Muskoka. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon that he is “seriously thinking” of recommending a return to stay-at-home orders to provincial health officials who have the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You’ll know by Thursday where two Muskoka vaccinations clinics will open next week for those aged 85 and older. They are part of a dozen sites local public health is setting up Monday, March 1, to inoculate residents and high-risk workers. Medical officer of health Dr. Charles Gardner said […]
TORONTO — MPP Norman Miller’s Private Member’s Bill, Bill 228, Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2020 will be debated later this afternoon in the Ontario legislature. It should begin at 5 p.m. or shortly thereafter. To watch it live go to https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a vaccine message from doctors who say: “Don’t call us we’ll call you,” 29 regional variant reports emerged today. This as Muskoka COVID cases also mounted with 3 more women testing COVID positive — two in Huntsville and one in Muskoka Lakes. Simcoe accounted for 58 of today’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Bob Jocque’s “OK” and doing fine — thank you very much for asking. Not bad for a guy who tested positive for COVID a month ago. And who is just two weeks out of quarantine. The 57-year-old fast-food worker is out and about again after the lockdown and happy […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A half dozen COVID cases in Muskoka are among 144 reported for the past three days by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). Four more in Huntsville, where it leads the district with 64 cases, and on each in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. North Bay-Parry Sound, which is under […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. And if you’re driving north or south on Hwy. 11 around Gravenhurst you’ll see new electronic roadside signs reminding you. Police say traffickers use major highways to transport their victims throughout Ontario. And they want their billboard campaign to spread awareness of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It wasn’t the coldest day of the year yesterday. More like the warmest day of the year so far as hundreds of walkers, joggers, kids, parents, grandparents and their pets trekked the streets here from morning to evening. They weren’t just out for a stroll on a gorgeous, sunny […]
MUSKOKA — Three snowmobilers ended up in hospital with serious non-life-threatening injuries the past two days after separate accidents. Police say they along with Muskoka EMS responded to three separate single vehicle collisions Friday and Saturday. The first collision occurred at an address on Beaumont Drive in Bracebridge Friday afternoon at 3 p.m. when the […]
MUSKOKA — Two drivers who ditched their vehicles within an hour in separate accidents Thursday night face impaired driving charges. The first, on Feb. 18, was at 7:15 p.m. Police responded to a public 911 call about a driver on Muskoka Beach Road in Gravenhurst. Officers located the vehicle in the ditch and as a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSOKA — A Huntsville woman is among today’s 32 reported cases of COVID in Simcoe-Muskoka. She is aged 45-64, says the health unit, and had close contact with someone else with the virus. She discovered symptoms Feb. 13 and her case was first reported to the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) […]