Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s going to be a “pandemic Christmas” no doubt. But how you deal with it and cope is up to you and how you will best survive until a vaccine soon hopefully arrives, says mental health experts. Dr. Christine Purdon, a University of Waterloo clinical psychologist, agrees wholeheartedly and […]
MUSKOKA — With winter looking like it’s here to stay now that it’s December, there are a lot of Muskokans wearing warmer jackets thanks to a heart-warming partnership between Rotary and Fabricare. Bracebridge Rotarian John de Koning says a three-day joint giveaway last week was a success that will be felt for months — and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Getting a flu shot is harder than finding a needle in a hay stack. Shortages this fall at pharmacies and doctors’ offices that have had residents scrambling to get on multiple call-back lists are being blamed on a provincial back-log. “It’s a bloody mess,” says Tony Varney, a retired pharmacist […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Despite pandemic pressures, Sunday’s Rotary TV/Internet Auction wrapped up one of its best years in recent memory. Thanks to generous donors, sponsors and bidders in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge, more than $36,000 gross was raised. And after expenses, more than $30,000 was netted for the service club’s community and international […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As talk — and hope — begins switching to a vaccine in the early new year, new cases of COVID continue on high. Simcoe posted 30 positive results today and Muskoka none. That’s 159 since Sunday. Two weeks ago there were 200. The running total is now 2,178, according […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — He’s just one man. One case. But a Gravenhurst resident, aged 18-34, with close contacts with someone who already has the coronavirus is the first Muskoka person this month to be reported with COVID-19 as cases continue to climb. Another 37 from Simcoe were also among the rising toll […]
ORILLIA — If you haven’t downloaded the COVID alert tracker app, here’s another one you may consider to save yourself. Today the OPP launched the internationally-recognized and used mobile application ‘what3words’ in its provincial communications centres (PCCs) — like the one at its Orillia headquarters. They say that in an emergency, if you call 911 […]
MUSKOKA — A couple of local drivers received medical attention after being impaired in separate weekend incidents, one involving a head-on collision while driving the wrong way on Hwy. 11 in Gavenhurst. Provincial police said today they are disappointed that their Festive RIDE campaign, which began last Thursday, has netted two impaired drivers over the […]
MUSKOKA — Cops love kids, kids love toys: a match made in heaven for the corps. Members of the OPP’s Muskoka-Georgian Bay Auxiliary Unit are teaming up with the Salvation Army Corps in Muskoka for their annual Stuff a Cruiser event. You can help make a child’s Christmas brighter without lights by dropping off new […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka residents are among 96 reported COVID cases today. A Bracebridge man, aged 45-64, who obtained it through the community; a Huntsville woman, also 45-64, who got it through travel; and an 18-34 Muskoka Lakes woman with close contact are the latest to test positive. And if you’re […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a worrisome 30 cases of COVID today, Simcoe and Muskoka could be below last week’s total of 200. As of Thursday Nov. 26 the health unit is reporting 149 people locally have contracted the coronavirus since Sunday. So unless there is a spike of 51 in tomorrow’s Friday […]
HUNTSVILLE — Christmas came early for a Huntsville man accused of being drunk behind the wheel in a morning police check. Just days before Muskoka officers kicked off their annual Festive RIDE campaign today, Nov 26, Sean Cooper was himself taken for a ride — to the Huntsville detachment. On Saturday Nov. 21 police were […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A lockdown at schools in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge Remembrance Day has led to weapon charges against a 14-year-old local student. The OPP have charged the Muskoka Lakes youth after an incident Nov. 11. Police received information at that time that a youth had made concerning comments about potentially committing an act of violence […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — After the confusing mix-up by the province Monday and Tuesday about over-estimated and under-estimated array of COVID numbers, Dr. Charles Gardner says he’s confident by his account how many local people have or had the coronavirus. And how many have died — 52. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — If businesses want to stay open and safe they’d best behave better. That’s the warning from the health unit. Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer of health, has “instructed businesses and organizations” operating in Simcoe Muskoka that they must employ additional precautions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in work settings. “We are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Muskoka Lakes woman, aged 18-34, with close contact is among 19 new cases in Simcoe and Muskoka today. The health unit reports that there are no new cases in hospital since yesterday, when there were 12. As of Wednesday Nov. 25 there 203 active cases among 1,954 confirmed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The ball is now in the municipal court to protect Muskoka residents from people visiting here from locked down red zones like Toronto. Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer for health for Simcoe and Muskoka, said this afternoon he is writing to towns and cities “urging” them to restrict their […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jim Reynolds’ 50-year drive to serve the community was recognized yesterday with dozens of surprise messages in stay-at-home celebration. Complete with honking horns. Instead of their weekly noon Zoom meeting, Rotarians delivered their longest serving member a drive-by salute. Rotary has been doing its good deeds in Gravenhurst for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Simcoe and Muskoka enter the “restricted” orange zone today 77 people tested COVID positive the past three days. Including a Gravenhurst youth under age 18, who had close contact with someone who had the coronavirus. And woman aged 65-79 from Lake of Bays whose case is under investigation. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — One of the region’s largest manufacturing facilities — where several people from Muskoka are employed — is reporting a case of COVID. A worker at Kubota Materials tested positive the past few days and the company says in an internal memo, obtained by Orillia Matters, that the employee contracted […]