Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re home free today check before you go to the beach to beat the heat. Swim advisories were issued by the health unit Friday, July 16, for six of 13 beaches in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Port Sydney, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes that they monitor. They’re open but they come […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A tornado that touched down here about 2:30 p.m. this afternoon has landed several people in hospital. Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) says it is providing care for eight patients who suffered minor injuries as a result of the severe storm in the south end of the city. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WINDERMERE — Despite inclement weather, late this afternoon police divers recovered the body of a second victim of a Lake Rosseau boating accident last night in Windermere. Police reported this afternoon that a 4 p.m. they found Donna Wiley, 51, of Oakville. She was in one of two boats that collided […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The flood of COVID cases may be over — down to a trickle of 3 today Simcoe — according to the health unit. But on the eve of the second last stage of re-opening with 96 Delta variants of concern we’re not high and dry yet. The three local cases are 2 in […]
HUNTSVILLE — The owners and the director of a residential motel here were yesterday fined almost $12,000 for smoke detector violations. On July 14, in the Bracebridge Provincial Offences Court, the corporation that owns the Highland Court Inn & Suites in Huntsville and its director each pleaded guilty to two counts of failing to ensure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — High water levels and flows will continue the next week as runoff from recent rain moves through the river systems. The weather forecast from Environment Canada is calling for 15mm to 25mm today, Thursday July 15, with thunderstorms possible. The forecast over the weekend and into early next week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — A multiple boating accident last night resulted in the death of a 13-year-old girl from Toronto and Thursday morning police divers were still combing Lake Rosseau for a 51-year-old woman from Oakville. Police say four others were injured when two boats collided in front of Windermere Marina […]
GRAVENHURST — Two local residents faces drug charges after being arrested in the downtown here yesterday. The OPP’s Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) says they charged them after a drug trafficking investigation Tuesday, July 13, at 3:50 p.m. With the aid of the police they arrested the pair. A search resulted in the seizure […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An ambitious plan to “finish off” the Muskoka Wharf would see an extension of the board walk north leading to more than 100 condo units and retail spaces next to the Segwun and Wenonah II ships. The Rosseau Group behind the multi-million-dollar Cherokee Lane project wants to “pick up […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mike Schreiner says “Canada needs Annamie Paul’s voice in Ottawa.” The Green Party of Ontario leader, who’s been campaigning with his embattled federal counterpart this summer, says he will continue at her side when an election is called. He called her party’s squabbling “unfortunate.” Unlike Paul, Schreiner is no […]
GRAVENHURST — As Canada surpasses the halfway mark in completely vaccinated citizens, the health unit is offering more pop-up clinics open to any Muskoka resident who needs a first or second jab. Monday next, July 19, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit nurses, paramedics and volunteers will be inside on the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre arena floor. No […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit today is reporting two new cases in Simcoe after none yesterday. Both are 17 or under and are from Midland (July 12) and Innisfil (July 10). There were no cases in Muskoka. Public Health Ontario said this morning that Simcoe-Muskoka had no new cases. But this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Another drowning, this morning, is the latest in a string of water fatalities in Muskoka this summer. Emergency services were called to a seasonal residence on Mortimers Point Road in Muskoka Lakes Twp. Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. It is located between Bala and Glen Orchard and east […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Prison contraband worth more than $100,000 destined for Beaver Creek inmates has been seized by police and correctional service officers. Provincial police say today that last Wednesday OPP with its Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit and the Beaver Creek Correctional Institute officers confiscated multiple packages containing the contraband and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And then there was none. Today the province and health unit report no new COVID cases in the region as Ontario prepares to move to Step 3 of its recovery Friday. Lest we get ahead of ourselves, it’s not the first time since the virus emerged in Simcoe last […]
Tara Collum | Contributing columnist It can be difficult making friends in a small town. It can be even more difficult when you’re extremely shy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t just shy, I experienced anxiety and depression. These issues made it difficult to make friends, and made school challenging. In high school things became so difficult I […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Who better than teachers to help educate kids and the public to take more action on the climate crisis in Muskoka? At noon today a new initiative was launched at the weekly Friday Climate Strike in Memorial Park. The Muskoka Chapter of the Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) is supporting Climate Action Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ontario prepares to move to Stage 3 of its recovery next Friday, Simcoe and Muskoka are each reporting just one COVID case today. The province is making the move five days ahead of the originally scheduled opening July 21. That’s 16 days after the Stage 2 opening on […]
BRAECBRIDGE — Thank god for Fridays. Climate Action Muskoka (CAM) is rallying the troops here at noon tomorrow for one of its weekly Fridays for Future Climate Strikes. In response to the obvious effects of climate change in Muskoka and beyond, the local chapter of the retired teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) says they are joining […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It wasn’t exactly Music on the Barge. Even if was how the famed — yet pandemic-postponed — concert series began at Gull Lake Rotary Park seven decades ago. On a floating dock. But still it was “amazing” all the same. An impromptu mini concert — for a couple of […]