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Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Face it — masks are here to stay. Don’t ditch your favourite one that was hand-made or bears a logo you like. Not even as provinces begin pulling back on the certain curtain. That’s the message today from Dr. Theresa Tam, who says: “Whether your jurisdiction requires it or […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — Another rise in COVID cases locally today sees 46 more people infected. The 133 cases Thursday follow 87 Wednesday. Two more people in Simcoe also died, both community-related: a man 65-79 who died Feb. 18 and a woman 80+ who died Feb. 21. There are now 397 people who […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LAKE OF BAYS — A snowmobiler was airlifted to hospital in Toronto late this morning after hitting a tree near Oxtongue Lake. Provincial police say this afternoon that they were dispatched at 10:40 a.m., Feb. 24, to a report of a snowmobile crash on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail […]

PORT SYDNEY — A police vehicle parked on Hwy. 11 NB yesterday afternoon for an earlier accident investigation was struck and the officer was taken to hospital. Police say that officers were investigating an accident involving two transports and a cube van that happened near Greer Road about 1 a.m. Wednesday, when a commercial vehicle […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — As the prime minister ended the Emergencies Act today — two day after Parliament passed it — local COVID cases rose by a quarter to a third regionally — depending on whose numbers you rely on. Trudeau said Wednesday that the first time special powers are no longer needed […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Norm Miller who served at your voting pleasure hopes to go out at your boating pleasure. The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP — who began his final legislative run this week as he is not running again June 2 — had his private member’s Bill 76, the Lifejackets for Life Act, pass its […]

HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka’s second district-run LTC will become official June 30. Fairvern Nursing Home operations, which have been run by a private board, will come under District of Muskoka management in four months. Fairvern’s board and the district have been working on the deal for several years to support its redevelopment into a new 160-bed […]

PORT SYDNEY — Hwy. 11 was closed here in both directions in to late this morning as police investigated a collision involving two transports and cube van. Police said this morning that they are investigating what they call a “serious motor vehicle collision.” They say that at 1:115 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 23, officers from […]

TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist My Aunt Pearl left New Brunswick for Toronto in search of better job opportunities. She found factory work and a job bagging sugar at the Red Path refinery. My dad followed in her footsteps, leaving his home province for adventures in Montreal and Scarborough before eventually settling in Muskoka. The […]

GRAVENHURST — Restrictions liftings means enjoying the great …. Forget the apple a day; a healthy lifestyle after two years of lockdowns means walk, run, skate or snowmobile. Whatever you choose you don’t lose Motion is the potion this winter — no matter the weather. Rain or shine Canadians are making the best of the February […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Amid the fallout in courts, Parliament and the Senate from Ottawa protests, local public health reports 67 COVID cases today. That’s more than twice the 32 Public Health Ontario (PHO) reported on its website Tuesday morning — including 43 Monday, 85 Sunday, 129 Saturday and 164 as we reported […]

MUSKOKA — Another overnight snowmobile accident has led to a death in Georgian Bay Township Sunday. Provincial police say that early yesterday morning two men were snowmobiling in Georgian Bay Township. The OPP received a 911 call shortly before 2 a.m., Feb. 20, after the single-vehicle collision on Six Mile Lake at the west shoreline […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What do you do if you’ve got 40,000 pounds of potatoes and nowhere to put them all? Or at least 5,000 pounds extra. Well, if you’re Rotarians your basement is also fair game. That was the happy problem that club members and Gravenhurst Against Poverty members faced today as […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — John Kirchonpf says he is “so proud of our Canadian truckers” who were arrested in Ottawa today. He was hoping to join the “Freedom Convoy” this weekend, but that’s unlikely now that it’s almost all but over. The unvaccinated Gravenhurst resident said yesterday he was thinking of driving his […]

MUSKOKA — An overnight smash and grab at a Port Carling grocery store was followed two hours later in Wahta where police claim the same suspect broke into a First Nations convenience store. The OPP are investigating the thefts Friday and ask the public’s help identifying the male suspect and his vehicle. They say that […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As Ottawa protesters were arrested today, a reefer truck full of “Yellow Gold” PEI potatoes is en route to Muskoka for a poutine party tomorrow morning. Rotarians from Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes will be at offloading 4,000 10-pound bags for distribution to local food banks. And fear […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And now the end is near …? Not for the pandemic, but for capital city protesters in the impending and impeding days. As Ottawa police tighten their perimeter around Parliament, local public health officials in Simcoe-Muskoka report 150 COVID cases today. Including 2 more community deaths in Simcoe: A […]