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Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Day 1 of more lifted restrictions in Ontario is proving to be anti-climactic with little major impact. An uneventful day on the streets sees little change as life creeps toward a reality of new proportions. Perhaps people are glued to TVs watching a war seven hours away. With Ford […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What would Eva Olsson say to Vladimir Putin? “The same thing I told students years ago, who asked me what I’d say to Hitler. “I wouldn’t waste my energy,” she said in response to the “very sad situation right now” in the Ukraine. The Holocaust survivor — and recent […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While Bracebridge is shedding light at the Bracebridge Falls on the plight of Ukrainians, Huntsville’s town council is expected to vote today to lower the Russian flag at its G8 Park — for a second time. Huntsville says: “In response to the country of Russia’s invasion of the country […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With today the last official day for vaccine passports, Simcoe-Muskoka reports 243 confirmed cases over the weekend. As of Tuesday Ontario will no longer require you to show your QR code with proof of vaccination —though some restaurants, bars or other public facilities may still require them. Premier Doug […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — This weekend’s On the Pond hockey tournament was a spirited affair — on and off the ice — as players battled hard for the puck and celebrated the 16th annual North American Cup championship. And while the Duncan Veitch Spirit Award goes to the team “with the most enthusiasm, […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST —  The wildly popular GAP has done it again. Hundreds walked the walks here this afternoon to help raise more than $170,000 in pledges by mid-afternoon, according to their growing website count. A record haul for its fourth year that more than doubled last year’s also record total. Call it […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Get out your snowshoes, hiking boots, skis … tomorrow for the Coldest Night of the Year charity walks in north and south Muskoka. The temperature won’t be bad — a balmy -3 degrees or so — with chance of flurries. But, hey, this is February and we’re used to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Face it — masks are here to stay. Don’t ditch your favourite one that was hand-made or bears a logo you like. Not even as provinces begin pulling back on the certain curtain. That’s the message today from Dr. Theresa Tam, who says: “Whether your jurisdiction requires it or […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — Another rise in COVID cases locally today sees 46 more people infected. The 133 cases Thursday follow 87 Wednesday. Two more people in Simcoe also died, both community-related: a man 65-79 who died Feb. 18 and a woman 80+ who died Feb. 21. There are now 397 people who […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LAKE OF BAYS — A snowmobiler was airlifted to hospital in Toronto late this morning after hitting a tree near Oxtongue Lake. Provincial police say this afternoon that they were dispatched at 10:40 a.m., Feb. 24, to a report of a snowmobile crash on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail […]

PORT SYDNEY — A police vehicle parked on Hwy. 11 NB yesterday afternoon for an earlier accident investigation was struck and the officer was taken to hospital. Police say that officers were investigating an accident involving two transports and a cube van that happened near Greer Road about 1 a.m. Wednesday, when a commercial vehicle […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — As the prime minister ended the Emergencies Act today — two day after Parliament passed it — local COVID cases rose by a quarter to a third regionally — depending on whose numbers you rely on. Trudeau said Wednesday that the first time special powers are no longer needed […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Norm Miller who served at your voting pleasure hopes to go out at your boating pleasure. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP — who began his final legislative run this week as he is not running again June 2 — had his private member’s Bill 76, the Lifejackets for Life Act, pass its […]

HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s second district-run LTC will become official June 30. Fairvern Nursing Home operations, which have been run by a private board, will come under District of Muskoka management in four months. Fairvern’s board and the district have been working on the deal for several years to support its redevelopment into a new 160-bed […]

PORT SYDNEY — Hwy. 11 was closed here in both directions in to late this morning as police investigated a collision involving two transports and cube van. Police said this morning that they are investigating what they call a “serious motor vehicle collision.” They say that at 1:115 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23, officers from […]

TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist My Aunt Pearl left New Brunswick for Toronto in search of better job opportunities. She found factory work and a job bagging sugar at the Red Path refinery. My dad followed in her footsteps, leaving his home province for adventures in Montreal and Scarborough before eventually settling in Muskoka. The […]

GRAVENHURST — Restrictions liftings means enjoying the great …. Forget the apple a day; a healthy lifestyle after two years of lockdowns means walk, run, skate or snowmobile. Whatever you choose you don’t lose Motion is the potion this winter — no matter the weather. Rain or shine Canadians are making the best of the February […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Amid the fallout in courts, Parliament and the Senate from Ottawa protests, local public health reports 67 COVID cases today. That’s more than twice the 32 Public Health Ontario (PHO) reported on its website Tuesday morning — including 43 Monday, 85 Sunday, 129 Saturday and 164 as we reported […]

MUSKOKA — Another overnight snowmobile accident has led to a death in Georgian Bay Township Sunday. Provincial police say that early yesterday morning two men were snowmobiling in Georgian Bay Township. The OPP received a 911 call shortly before 2 a.m., Feb. 20, after the single-vehicle collision on Six Mile Lake at the west shoreline […]