ORILLIA — You rock Cool FM/Rock 95 and OPP Det. Sgt. Tanya Tremble. The pair combined to bring some extra Christmas joy to pets and pet lovers. As a result of a generous donation of a large quantity of pet toys, members from Central Region OPP were able to deliver a holiday toy to many fury […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A new year, new start and plans for the future of downtown are on the books for 2021 in Bracebridge. A master plan to guide core political actions the next decade will be up for virtual discussion Jan. 7. The town wants to know what you want and offers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Five more people today ends the year with 3,589 COVID cases in Simcoe and Muskoka. Can 2021 be any worse? Among the 74 cases the health unit is reporting are three confirmed in Gravenhurst and one each in Huntsville and Lake of Bays. All are under investigation by the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskoka is bucking the COVID trend again today, with just one of 56 reported cases in the region. A young Huntsville female under the age of 18 is under investigation as Simcoe ran up the total again with 55 cases. That brings the total to 322 since Christmas Eve, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The lockdown, a new variant and a slow rollout to prevent the pandemic’s spread are having little effect on local cases of COVID-19 as new numbers released late this afternoon show an explosion in cases. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reports 269 cases Tuesday, Dec. 29. But only 2 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Murray Smith admits to being a bit of rogue growing up. And probably giving his mom, Melba Smith, 97, more than her share of grief. But the 64-year-old Orillia resident is making up for it by regularly visiting his mom at Gravenhurst Manor, and having a “thin slice of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Andrey Petrov is taking the start today’s lockdown seriously by staying home — and staying busy. With February’s winter carnival in doubt, due to COVID, he is keeping his snow-building skills sharp. The perennial ice sculpture winner and winter snow artist has been busy at home the past two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — As the world gathers today for to its most memorable Christmas — together and apart — celebrants will take time off to reflect on an annus horribilis while putting hope and faith in 2021. The 12 days of Christmas, which begin today, will culminate in the midst of a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Five new Muskoka COVID cases today compare to 44 reported in Simcoe. And they are aged from under 18 to up to 79. After Gravenhurst and Huntsville have experienced the most cases in December since the pandemic outbreak, Bracebridge is gaining cases after being to a lesser extend affected. […]
GRAVENHURST — Was a Santa impersonator caught with his pants down? Police said today they are investigating a bizarre indecent act complaint from Canadian Tire customer. They say a man with white hair and a white beard — and wearing a red sweater — was seen with his pants down. By the time officers arrived […]
GRAVENHURST — A business B&E here at the north end of downtown on the weekend netted the thief or thieves cash. Provincial police out of Bracebridge are investigating the break and enter on Muskoka Road North near George Street in Gravenhurst that occurred sometime between Friday, Dec. 18 and Sunday Dec 20. Police are asking […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 32-year-old “novice” driver who’s not allowed to drink and drive has been charged with impaired driving by drugs and alcohol after an accident last Thursday. Police here today say that on Dec. 17, at 4:20 p.m., the OPP responded to a single motor vehicle collision on Hwy. 141 in Huntsville. Officers located […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskoka gets a clean bill of health today with all 49 COVID cases in Simcoe — as Health Canada approves Modern vaccine. And as the clock is ticking to Saturday’s province-wide lockdown and is now at three days and counting. The number is good news as it’s a bit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As the first LTC worker got the vaccine today in Barrie, 2 more people in Muskoka tested positive yesterday and 42 in Simcoe according to Tuesday reports. A Bracebridge woman aged 18-34 and a Huntsville woman aged 45-64. Both received it through close contact. So says Simcoe Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Today’s Ontario COVID lockdown announcement comes ahead of word that in Simcoe and Muskoka over the past three days there were 188 cases. The health unit — which keeps delaying by hours each day the reporting of new cases (3:30 p.m. today) — says four of the cases were […]
GRAVENHURST — Another senior member of town staff is retiring in the new year. Fire Chief Larry Brassard leaves the department Jan. 15 after eight years. Deputy Fire Chief Todd Clapp will assume departmental lead upon Chief Brassard’s departure. CAO Glen Davies also earlier handed in his resignation for near the end of 2021. Brassard […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s a province-wide shutdown effective Boxing Day. Muskokans who complained about not being in Ontario’s “north” will return to the most severe restrictions of the pandemic. Premier Doug Ford says just now that businesses will be back to the most limited services of last spring. And schools won’t go […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: How truly disgusting this situation is. To offer assistance to the people who need it the most, and then pull the carpet out from under them. Those who are responsible have debased themselves to their core. How truly unhumanitarian. How uncaring the mind that conceives and implements this kind of horror on […]
It is with great sadness that Cynthia Anne Clairmont, of Gravenhurst, passed away peacefully last night, Dec. 19, 2020 — three days after her 69th birthday. She was surrounded by loving family, at Andy’s Place hospice in Port Carling, after a short time with cancer. The daughter of the late Hugh and Maisie (MacDonald) Clairmont, Cyndy was born […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The long-awaited Pfizer COVID vaccine is within days of reaching those vulnerable residents and front-line health care workers. See the full list below of who will get it first. RVH says today that an immunization clinic there is expected to open in Barrie “imminently” to begin immunizing prioritized […]