Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As difficult to download vaccine QR codes started becoming available today, more than half the region’s COVID cases were unvaccinated. That’s 16 of 31 people who tested positive. The other 15 cases were fully vaccinated. Among them all was just 1 Muskoka resident — a Huntsville man who reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A pair of Muskoka residents are among almost two dozen COVID cases being reported today by the health unit, as Ontarians brace for word on the next step tomorrow on the province’s recovery road. The two cases in Georgian Bay and Lake of Bays are a man and woman, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police avoided a potentially dangerous and escalating weapon confrontation yesterday afternoon when they peacefully confined a young man “yelling and screaming while waving around a 17-inch knife” outside a west end store. They say that on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m., they were called to Maslack Supply for a male who they say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Canada’s U.S. border will open both ways for land travel next month, Canadian coaches and team assistants will have to be vaccinated before Christmas. That’s the word coming down “soon” from the health unit’s medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon he will be issuing […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Midland man was being held for a bail hearing today charged in a case of historical sex offences involving a minor in Lake of Bays Township. Provincial police at Huntsville and the Muskoka Crime Unit say that in July 2021, police received information about a sexual assault of a minor that took […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Early results from Thanksgiving weekend show two people in Muskoka tested positive for COVID. They are among 51 being reported since Friday — and 21 since Sunday — according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). Both cases were among young people aged 18-34 who were reported Friday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Judy Humphries’ popular ‘Local history 101’ Zooms in on “Swedetown” this week. The town’s archivist brings to life another absorbing chapter in the rich development of the community more than a century ago. “I will be talking about Swedetown and our Scandinavian settlers this week to people who love […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist Unlike most fishing tales, this story is true and causes me a degree of embarrassment in telling it. But then again, when has embarrassing stories stopped me in the past? The fact is I intensely dislike fishing. I truly believe I was my dad’s big disappointment in life. Oh, he […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist The high school year book committee asked us what we were looking forward to in the future — and they published my answer. I was looking forward to doing laundry in the laundromat. My parents always had a washer and dryer and all I had to do to clean my […]
MUSKOKA — A motorcyclist and a the driver of another vehicle were charged separately in a pair of impaired driving charges Thursday morning and night in Gravenhurst. The charges come a day before police began their Operation Impact, a Thanksgiving weekend traffic enforcement. Provincial police say that at 9 a.m. on Oct. 7 officers observed […]
MUSKOKA — Waterfront residents in a couple of north and south Muskoka lakes are being warned about blue-green algae blooms this weekend. So think twice about a quick dip before closing up the cottage. The health unit said today that those in Gravenhurst on Kahshe Lake should take caution. That word comes a day after […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Maple Leafs players offered their support today for Canadiens goalie Carey Price. The Toronto NHLers who wrapped up a three-day mini camp at the Graeme Murray arena this afternoon all offered the Habs great their best, including Mitch Marner and Jason Spezza who spoke briefly with the media after […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — New national reproductive numbers offer hope today, but closer to home a rise in weekly COVID cases was helped by 5 more cases in Muskoka to end the week. That’s half the increase the local health unit saw Friday with 107 cases since Sunday. Last week there were 97. […]
MUSKOKA — Keep an eye on the road and another on your rear-view mirror the next four days. Because the police will be watching you drivers the next four days. As Ontario is back on the move this holiday, the OPP is bracing for some of the heaviest traffic volumes of the year this Thanksgiving weekend. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A week in to October and there’s only been 1 COVID case in Muskoka. A man in Bracebridge, aged 45-64, with close contact was the only northern resident in Simcoe-Muskoka to test positive. His case was reported last Friday on the first day of this month, with a first […]
GRAVENHURST — A man accused in a stabbing at a home here last night is being sought by police who advise the public not to approach him. Provincial police says officers responded to a 911 call from an address on First Street South Wednesday, Oct. 6, at 9:40 p.m. They say the caller claimed a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Almost a third of local COVID cases the past week have been among school-aged children under 12. Thirty-one per cent were aged 4 to 11, said Dr. Charles Gardner. Six alone today were ineligible for the vaccine due to their age. And a recent death of a youth in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another day without a reported COVID case in Muskoka comes with 19 more in Simcoe. And 52 cases the first three days this week. The familiar pattern throughout the pandemic comes as Ontario remained under and Quebec over 500 cases Wednesday. Ontario had 476 cases and 10 deaths and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With no cases in Muskoka — and 14 in Simcoe — COVID may no exactly be on the run locally. But it’s nice to see a bit of a reprieve — if not least for a day. As well, with no new hospitalizations today — and only 7 in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Forty regional COVID cases over the weekend — half of them yesterday — come as Ontario Premier Doug Ford promises about $9 billion for LTCs, nurses and PSWs the next decade. A man in Bracebridge, aged 45-64, with close contact was the only Muskoka person to test positive. He […]