MUSKOKA — Together apart was the rallying call early in the pandemic. And it’s “All Together Now!” in support of the South Muskoka Hospital Foundation. The aptly named musical review is approaching fast and the Rotary Club of Bracebridge is presenting this uplifting online concert for a one-time only streaming Saturday, Nov. 13 at 8 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As another step in the right direction today opens new doors to recovery, the region saw 13 COVID during the weekend. Four of them were in Muskoka — all under investigation: Muskoka Lakes man, 45-64, reported Saturday with a first episode Friday Bracebridge boy, under 18, reported Friday with […]
GRAVENHURST — Polio survivors Cliff Flavell and Ruth Bradley were among more than two dozen Rotarians and supporters who marked World Polio Day here yesterday. The Gravenhurst Rotary Club event, which in addition raised a few hundred dollars to be matched by Rotary International, brought more awareness to the NGO’s global vaccine program. And the […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist In elementary school we learn early about the five Ws — who, what, when, where and why. The five Ws are what any good reporter worth his or her salt lives by. At this time in my life, I know my memory is leaving me quicker than a toupee in a hurricane. I […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Recovering from COVID got a little easier today after the province shelled out more than three-quarters of a million to area community groups and First Nations. Ontario announced today that it is providing more than $46 million to support 648 non-profit tourism, culture, sport and recreation organizations through the Community Building Fund’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Health authorities have ended the work week with 82 COVID cases. One is a Huntsville man, aged 18-34 who is under investigation after reporting yesterday and with a first episode Wednesday. The other dozen all live in Simcoe. Of the 13 reported Friday, 10 were unvaccinated, while 3 were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With vaccination of kids 5-11 only weeks away, the health unit reporting 25 cases including a pair in Muskoka. A Gravenhurst man, 35-44, is under investigation after reporting yesterday with a first episode the day before. And a Lake of Bays woman, also 35-44, who had close contact reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Four Bracebridge girls under 18 are among 25 COVID cases being reported today by the health unit. And a Gravenhurst woman, 45-64, with a travel-related illness is the fifth Muskoka resident to test positive. The four girls are under investigation as the cause of their separate infections. They were […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Lake of Bays man was in court today charged after a report of shots being fired by a motorcyclist chasing another vehicle early Sunday. Provincial police report they arrested and charged Shawn Harwood, 28, of Lake of Bays Township later in the day. They say that on Oct. 16, at 12:24 a.m., […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police are looking for a possible black GMC Sierra with front end damage after a sidewalk patio was struck Sunday night. Officers responded Oct. 15 to the El Pueblito restaurant on Manitoba Street after a vehicle was seen travelling northbound on the main street before it veered off the roadway and hit the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — For most of you who rolled up your sleeves for the COVID vaccine, keep them up for the flu vaccine starting next month. This as Simcoe-Muskoka reports just 7 cases today. One in Huntsville is a woman, 45-64, who reported Sunday with a first episode Friday. She is under […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Five Muskoka residents are under investigation after positive COVID tests this weekend. They are among 31 in the region since Friday — and 17 on Sunday — says the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unite (SMDHU). Northern cases included: Bracebridge woman 18-34 and Gravenhurst man, 65-79, who reported Saturday with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As difficult to download vaccine QR codes started becoming available today, more than half the region’s COVID cases were unvaccinated. That’s 16 of 31 people who tested positive. The other 15 cases were fully vaccinated. Among them all was just 1 Muskoka resident — a Huntsville man who reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A pair of Muskoka residents are among almost two dozen COVID cases being reported today by the health unit, as Ontarians brace for word on the next step tomorrow on the province’s recovery road. The two cases in Georgian Bay and Lake of Bays are a man and woman, […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police avoided a potentially dangerous and escalating weapon confrontation yesterday afternoon when they peacefully confined a young man “yelling and screaming while waving around a 17-inch knife” outside a west end store. They say that on Oct. 12 at 2:30 p.m., they were called to Maslack Supply for a male who they say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Canada’s U.S. border will open both ways for land travel next month, Canadian coaches and team assistants will have to be vaccinated before Christmas. That’s the word coming down “soon” from the health unit’s medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon he will be issuing […]
HUNTSVILLE — A Midland man was being held for a bail hearing today charged in a case of historical sex offences involving a minor in Lake of Bays Township. Provincial police at Huntsville and the Muskoka Crime Unit say that in July 2021, police received information about a sexual assault of a minor that took […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Early results from Thanksgiving weekend show two people in Muskoka tested positive for COVID. They are among 51 being reported since Friday — and 21 since Sunday — according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). Both cases were among young people aged 18-34 who were reported Friday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Judy Humphries’ popular ‘Local history 101’ Zooms in on “Swedetown” this week. The town’s archivist brings to life another absorbing chapter in the rich development of the community more than a century ago. “I will be talking about Swedetown and our Scandinavian settlers this week to people who love […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist Unlike most fishing tales, this story is true and causes me a degree of embarrassment in telling it. But then again, when has embarrassing stories stopped me in the past? The fact is I intensely dislike fishing. I truly believe I was my dad’s big disappointment in life. Oh, he […]