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Call is music to soothe aching souls. An online music performance by the Cory Band from Rhondda Valley in Wales is inspiring musicians and bands at home to practise together while self-isolating. Gerry Gerhart It Huntsville musician Gerry Gerhart says it’s possible to play together over the internet using a service called eJamming. He’s encouring the in-hiatus Muskoka Concert […]

GRAVENHURST — The importance of social distancing has never been more important. And the guys at Neviss Electrical Systems in Gravenhurst took it to new heights Monday afternoon, while doing pole duty on Bay Street. Remember to keep two (2) metres apart when walking in public — even when with family members. It may soon […]

TORONTO — At midnight Tuesday only essential workplaces will be allowed to stay open the next 14 days in a rare restriction on civil rights. Grocery stores, pharmacies and takeouts are exempt. And according to Prime Minister Trudeau today, he said he has no tolerance for people who don’t abide by the new rules. He […]

GRAVENHURST — Mayor Paul Kelly offered an updated report Monday on the town’s COVID-19 response. He remains in self isolation after returning from Saint Martin March 10. Find a link to his video message to the community at: Community Video Update: March 23/2020

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — MAHC is preparing for the worst by limiting patient services. Only urgent procedures and appointments will take place. If you do not receive a call from Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare, your appointment is not cancelled. CEO Natalie Bubela says in a release Monday morning that in an effort to keep […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Here’s the first step to how you can see if you may have the corona virus. Ontario has launched an online checklist. The enhanced and interactive self-assessment tool asks some simple questions. It will help determine if people are negative or it will provide them with guidance on where to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The new norm in Parry Sound-Muskoka is “Noman Miller.” Your veteran Tory MPP — who is the son of former premier and health minister Frank Miller — is on the job at the heart of the Ford government’s coronavirus fight. The folksy politician formerly known as nice guy “Norm […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A tweet by the mayor about people flocking to Muskoka to escape the COVID-19 threat has him in hot water. Sunday he had to apologize for his flippant, careless and insensitive remarks. Saturday on Twitter, he said: “I think we’ve got a lot of people heading up here to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Families should check with their child care centres Monday after the province said Sunday it will allow some to reopen to support health care and frontline workers during this COVID-19 outbreak. And the province is also providing online courses for students stuck at home, as well as using its […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hospital workers got a great shout-out from someone who knows the pandemic pressures they’re under first hand. The king of local beer and spirits sales heaped high praise on them after the leukemia survivor suffered a severe setback decades after putting it in the remission penalty box. Tony King […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Today Ontario gave hospitals the ability to cancel and postpone services to free-up space and valuable staff, identify staffing priorities, and develop, modify and implement redeployment plans over the next two weeks. It means hospitals in Huntsville and Bracebridge will see major changes immediately for patients and by deploying […]

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Nova Scotians face $1,000 fines for  not social distancing under health protection act as  premier Stephen McNeil announced a state of emergency Sunday morning. And he said people can report offenders, as the country looks to be moving toward more emergency orders that will restrict rights. This after 28 cases of the cornavirus have been […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A second patient at RVH has died with COVID-19, and a woman in her 30s is being treated for the virus infection that she appears to have acquired in the community. She is the ninth reported case in Simcoe-Muskoka said the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). On […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You gotta have heart. Lots and lots of hearts. Residents and businesses are showing their love for others at this trying time with “Window Hearts.” In gesture of solidarity with the world and their community, the universal symbol is popping up large and small, red and blue. In one […]

MUSKOKA — Public sector salaries for various government employees were released Friday by the province of Ontario. They provide disclosures for all sectors and seconded employees from last year. The list provides information on all public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2019 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Good Samaritan has emerged today to help those self-isolating. Adam Crockatt is spearheading a small group effort to run errands for those who may be housebound by the coronavirus. Gravenhurst Caretagion 2020, which began Friday, is “a zero-contact” initiative that came out of a conversation Dr. Adam MacLennan. […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst’s mayor is “keeping in the loop” while under self-isolation this week. Paul Kelly and his wife, Sue, returned to their Morrison Lake home March 10 and he expects to be back on the job next Wednesday, March 25. The couple were 10 days in Saint Martin and flew […]