Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Here are two key numbers worth thinking about today, as Ontario’s COVID numbers fell four cases short of 1,400 today. In Simcoe 46 people tested positive for the coronavirus Friday (none in Muskoka). That’s the same number reported yesterday for the previous two days — Wednesday and Thursday. And […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As COVID numbers soar nationwide, a Huntsville woman over age 80 is under investigation after testing positive the past two days. The health unit reports today 46 cases in the region, most in Essa (11) and Bradford-West Gwillimbury (15). They are among 1,575 today in Ontario and 1,365 in […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com As remembrances go, today’s service at the Gravenhurst legion wasn’t large. But it loomed larger than life and death in the minds of those 14 present, those few who couldn’t resist showing up in person and by those thinking of them at home. Here’s a snap shot of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Today was a day to remember. Sons and daughters lost to wars. Daughters and sons, moms and dads, friends lost to the coronavirus. Remembrance Day had more poignancy as Canadians paused for two minutes this morning. And rightlfully eerily fewer people in person. At the Harry Wray Branch #302 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Residents and visitors to Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes Township are being cautioned today about three confirmed blue-green algae blooms in local lakes. The health unit issued the warnings this morning, Nov. 11, for the west side of Kahshe Lake, in Gravenhurst; and the north end of Black Lake and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MACTIER — There’s no last minute landscaping or army cadet vigil tonight, as two local legions ready for Remembrance Day this eve. Bruce Henn and Shirley Ruttan — presidents of their respective Royal Canadian Legions in MacTier and Bracebridge — may differ in their commemorations tomorrow, but their sentiments are the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A missing man who lived in Bracebridge is being sought by concerned family members. Police are asking the public for their assistance in locating 40-year-old Corey Martin. A transient, he was last known to reside in Bracebridge, but is also known to frequent London, Ont. Martin is described as 6-foot-1, with brown hair, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An end to warm temperatures this week could see a spike in COVID cases says the local public health head. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon the “pattern of transmission” is related to cooler Canadian seasonal climes as people congregate more indoors. And that could see Simcoe and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With Remembrance Day services limited in size this year due to COVID, most small memorials will have limited musical accompaniment. Perhaps a piper and a bugler to play Last Post — but like mostly recorded music. Here in Muskoka some musicians who normally would have been part of some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Royal Canadian Legions are suffering in silence this week. Betty Smith, past president of Huntsville’s Branch 232, says just two of the eight local branches are holding small by-invitation only indoor services on Remembrance Day Nov. 11 due to COVID-19. Six have already been held, including in Huntsville yesterday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Weekend weather may have been above average, but the COVID count was not. Since last Friday’s health unit report, 51 people regionally tested positive. None were in Muskoka. They are among 1,242 alone in Ontario today and 1,169 in Quebec. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s daily stats show that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com UNITED STATES — It’s finally over and Joe Biden has 279 electoral college votes to win the U.S. presidency. After taking Pennsylvania late this morning he will become the 46th president of the United States, unseating Donald Trump who was fired by the majority of county. He has remained at 214 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Thirteen new local COVID cases are part of more than 250,000 cases in Canada. Friday’s numbers in Simcoe bring to 1,497 the total in the health unit’s reporting region. Six people are in hospital. There were no cases in Musoka, Friday Nov. 6. Seven people today are from Barrie, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The coronavirus continues to get worse in Simcoe and Muskoka. Two Huntsville women are among 15 new cases today and 132 this week. The health unit says the four-day total is the highest weekly total since the start of the pandemic and the third straight week or record numbers. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE — Another day another 17 cases of COVID in Simcoe. And none in Muskoka, reports Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. They are among 987 people to test positive for the coronavirus Wednesday, Nov. 4. Quebec count was back in four digits at 1,029. Meanwhile, in Manitoba Health Minister Cameron Friesen […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A “rapidly” growing number of cases in Simcoe and Muskoka sees 29 new people with COVID-19. All mostly in south Simcoe. None were in Muskoka Tuesday, Nov. 3. This as the health unit today also issued an order for “long-term care” facilities only to restrict visitors to only two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com America has voted. And to the victor today go the spoils of four years. Americans will either roll back the clock to Donald Trump or move forward with Joe Biden’s new years’ resolutions. The United States election is a world of concern. Ballots cast south of the border may be counted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID has now spread to a resident at the Granite Ridge LTC, one of 75 people in the region who tested positive over the weekend. After a staff member tested positive last week at the Bethune Drive retirement home, the health unit reports today a second institutional outbreak (respiratory) […]
GRAVENHURST — Police have released the name of the suspect they arrested last week in a number of robbery incidents, including two in Gravenhurst and one each in Orillia and Coboconk. They say that as a result of the Orillia OPP Crime Unit investigation, Sebastian Gaudino, 46, of Minden Hills Township, has been charged with: […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Salvation Army Thrift Shop is taking donations. Just not like this — a dump-and-run. They prefer food instead. Dozens of bags of clothing and furniture was dumped at the front door of the main street family services store on the weekend. Then came two days of rain — […]