REMEMBERING 9/11: WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT FOR 158 CANADIANS?
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist There wasn’t a cloud in the sky Sept. 11, 2001. I made it all the way to school before I heard one word about it. A girl asked me if […]
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HAMILTON WOMAN DIES SATURDAY IN A DIRT BIKE ACCIDENT IN BRACEBRIDGE
BRACEBRIDGE — A 24-year-old woman is dead after an off-road dirt bike accident this afternoon. Provincial police and the OPP Technical Traffic Collision Investigation (TTCI) unit are on scene investigating after the accident Saturday, Sept. […]
4 DAYS OF ADVANCE POLLS BEGIN CANADA’S POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY, FUTURE
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Voting got underway today — and “no,” you don’t need a vaccine passport to cast your ballot for the advance polls on this weekend. But you should have […]
UNVACCINATED GREEN CANDIDATE SAYS IT’S FOR ‘HEALTH REASONS’
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The unvaccinated Green Party candidate going door-to-door says he’s “not anti-vaccine.” And he “might get it eventually.” We caught up with Marc Mantha yesterday as he was delivering […]
2 MUSKOKA COVID CASES ON FRIDAY AS WEEK ENDS DOWN AT 131 POSITIVE TESTS
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Local COVID cases were down this week with the health unit ending its five-day reporting period with 131 people testing positive. Including 2 in Muskoka on Friday. They were […]
4 MORE COVID CASES IN MUSKOKA, AMONG 36 IN REGION THURSDAY
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three dozen COVID cases today include 4 from Muskoka. The health unit says two each are from Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes. Huntsville boy, 0-17, is under investigation after reporting […]
FEDERAL ELECTION VIRTUALLY CLOSE — IF YOU CAN RELY ONLINE
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The fight for the right — to represent this riding. That’s how it looks today 11 days out from the federal election, Sept. 20. As advance polling starts […]
HOME WHERE WOMAN DIED IN FIRE DIDN’T CALL FOR INSPECTIONS, SAYS TOWN
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The home where a woman died last week in a multiplex fire had not been inspected by the fire department, says the town’s new fire chief. Nor had it […]
2 HUNTSVILLE COVID CASES HELP DRIVE ‘CONCERN’ ABOUT NUMBERS IN REGION
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 35 COVID cases today — 2 of them in Muskoka — the head of the health unit is “concerned” Simcoe-Muskoka has caught up with Ontario in the number […]
CANADIAN TIRE GAR BAR CLOSED FOR A MONTH FOR NEW PUMPS
GRAVENHURST — Gassing up in Gravenhurst will be limited the next month with just one filling station. The Canadian Tire Gas Bar at Muskoka Road and James Street was fenced off today as construction workers […]