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Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Half of this week’s 78 COVID cases were in the past two days. And 3 of them were in Muskoka, reports the health unit Friday after a day off reporting due to the new National Day of Truth and Reconciliations yesterday. The Muskoka cases, none of which reported the […]

HONEY HARBOUR —  What’s the buzz here this weekend? Jennifer Schnier, director of sustainability for the Township of Georgian Bay, says it’s their annual Honey Bee Virtual and Hybrid Festival all day Saturday, Oct. 2. An outdoor and online celebration of the sweet life in Georgian Bay Township. Events | Honeybeefestival It’s a chance to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Students here paused at 2:15 p.m. this afternoon to mark the 215 Indigenous children whose graves were found in Kamloops this spring. Many wore orange as part of ‘Orange Shirt Day’ on the first Truth and Reconciliation day — a new national federal holiday. The learning experience was part […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Expect a wave of orange tomorrow as Canadians coast to coast to coast will be donning shirts for a new federal statutory holiday. Sept. 30 is already Orange Shirt Day, but this year it will be recognized as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Schools especially will be […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A dozen unvaccinated people in the region yesterday tested positive for COVID-19. Two more residents with the vaccine also tested positive. All of them live in Simcoe. None of them were from Muskoka. This as the province tested 36,404 Ontarians yesterday with a positivity rate of 1.7 per cent. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — LTC residents are back in line for booster shots not long after they and most of the staff who care for them have been vaccinated. Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization said today third shots are being recommended. This as a dozen new COVID cases Tuesday in Simcoe-Muskoka include […]

SEVERN TOWNSHIP — The woman who died in train accident yesterday afternoon has been identified. Police say Barbara Kitchen, 67, of Severn was killed after officers and emergency crews responded to the crash involving a train in the CP Rail line and a car at 2:18 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, on Upper Big Chute Road, […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three of the 43 COVID cases this weekend in the region were in Muskoka. The other 40 cases — along with 1 death — were in Simcoe, says the health unit in an update today. The Muskoka cases all under investigation were: Gravenhurst girl, 0-17, reported yesterday, with a […]

TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist After a costly $600 million election that has widely been decried by some as a total waste of money, we are no better off, and nothing has changed. Two years ago, there was a federal election; but in the times of COVID and quarantine, it seems so much longer ago […]

RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist When I entered the Draper family 75 years ago, I came out of the birthing canal expecting some great and wonderful things that would accompany me through the pages of life. Talent and skill describe related properties, but they’re not exactly the same. Talent comes naturally, while skill is something […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — New Ontario capacity limits on large gatherings indoors and outdoors won’t affect Muskoka where 3 new COVID cases today are among 21 in the region. They numbers end the week at 79 total cases in Simcoe and Muskoka after 141 last week and 197 the week before. The 3 […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — How do you describe Muskoka’s cavalcade of colours? That’s Alex Smyth’s job for AMI TV. A host of Postcards From …, he’s in Muskoka this week putting in to words the iconic beauty of the Canadian landscape best captured by the Group of Seven. While tens of thousands of […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Nobody realistically expected COVID to end soon — save for some overly optimistic politicians and anti-vaxxers. But with daily numbers riding roller-coasters coast to coast, 16 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka today — up 3 from yesterday — come as Ontario also saw an increase to 677 from 463. Seven more […]

PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Riding hospitals will receive more than $16 million from the province to cover past, present and future costs related to daily COVID operations. Funding that will put Muskoka’s two hospitals on “solid financial footing moving forward,” says it retiring president and CEO, Natalie Bubela. Funding includes $8,432,300 for the West Parry Sound […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As vaccine passport opens doors today, Simcoe-Muskoka is reporting 18 new COVID cases and 30 new variants since yesterday. Four of the positive tests come from Muskoka: Bracebridge woman, 45-64, with close contact, who reported yesterday with a first episode Sunday Huntsville man, 35-44, is under investigation, after also […]

MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst hunter who pleaded guilty to hunting wild turkey without a licence has been fined $2,000. Paul Girard also pleaded guilty to an additional count of hunting turkey without a licence, two counts of transporting illegally obtained wildlife and two counts of using a firearm to hunt turkey that is not permitted […]

LETTER TO EDITOR: I read that Gravenhurst leaders say they are re-active rather than proactive. Are they responsive to complaints? Not in my opinion. I have complained year over year regarding the dangerous situation at the intersection of Main Street and Muskoka Rd. S. The height of the shrubbery on the town boulevard prevents drivers […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After a federal election that was about the pandemic, government management and the people’s response, 17 new COVID cases today in Simcoe-Muskoka is a reflection of more of the same. Just 1 of Tuesday’s cases was in Muskoka, a Huntsville man aged 45-64, who is under investigation after reporting […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — It will be four more years of local Conservative federal representation by Scott Aitchison as the MP easily won re-election last night. The incumbent as expected won back his seat, while Justin Trudeau and the Liberals won national re-election in unofficial results that saw little change — and […]