Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The first casualty of war is truth. And the war over Muskoka health care is a prime example — or be it said a primary care example. Every story has two sides and until the victor writes this hospitals history (MAHC has already begun with its own journey website […]
GRAVENHURST — A 31-year-old Toronto man has drown Sunday in Lake Muskoka just before noon. Police say the visitor to the area took a kayak out onto Lake Muskoka, near Taylor Island, and encountered difficulties causing him to enter the water. OPP along with their Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) conducted a thorough search […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The latest tit for tat war being waged by the two sides in the hospital debate doesn’t bode well for negotiations in public and next month in private. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare refutes claims by doctors relying on statistical population data released this week. It said today in its weekly […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — South Muskoka doctors are all calling for “at least 54” acute care beds in south Muskoka and 62 in Huntsville, which could bring local hospitals closer to the “equal” status many call for. “Gains” “headway” and “negotiated” improvements are fine, but MAHC’s 40 per cent cut in beds in […]
MUSKOKA — A close call Friday night has a Port Carling man charged with impaired driving. He’s one of two alcohol-related incidents the past three days. On April 19 at 10 p.m. police were called to a commercial parking lot on Wellington Street near Monck Road in Bracebridge after a vehicle was seen scraping along […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Three new international doctors could be practising in south Muskoka late this summer or early fall. The three women who live in Canada — two are from India and one from Egypt — are part of a provincial program called Practice Ready Ontario (PRO) intended to recruit foreign-trained Canadian […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Scouting is the “whole package” when it comes to helping boys and girls grow and learn outside of school. “We like to think it offers a bit of everything,” says Craig Armstrong 1st Gravenhurst assistant group commissioner. “Fun, education, sports, outdoors, camping and good citizenship. “Other groups have their […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A new dedicated MAHC website puts its case to the public for two distinctly different hospitals and includes its latest spring offering. The site created by Algonquin Digital, which operated the IT portion of their recent community meetings, provides all of the information shown on screens in those often […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Mary Jane Reid has grown up with hundreds of Cubs, Beavers, Scouts and Venturers who are today leading productive lives and in many cases now are leading members of this community. In more than half a century of scouting, the Group Commissioner has learned as much about life and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — With the first carbon rebate cheques being cashed in rural Canada, Ontario Greens are offering free “simple choices” on how to reduce your carbon footprints Saturday at the Active Living Centre in Huntsville. The free, public climate conference is on from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and is presented by […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Keeping tabs on Rotary community projects (all thanks to donors like you) is a like predicting the weather. It’s always changing. Last month in Bracebridge they raised $29,000 for Ukrainians and to bring another Syrian family to the Heart of Muskoka. Here in Gateway to Muskoka the big news […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — A petition “to disregard” MAHC directors has officially been presented to the province. It only took half a minute yesterday for MPP Ric Bresee, member for Hasting-Lennox and Addington, to stand in the legislature yesterday during petitions period to present the signatures of more than 4,000 people in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — “Transparency, clarity and inclusiveness” are this week’s catchwords for Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare as they admit to trying to convince a skeptical public — notably those in south Muskoka — of what’s being proposed of late (this week) as it works toward a late 2024 twin-hospitals proposal to the province. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 61-year-old driver was charged with careless driving after a teenage pedestrian was injured downtown last night. Police respond to a collision on Wellington Street at Quebec Street April 11, at 8:45 p.m. The corner collision took place when a single vehicle attempted to complete a turn from Wellington Street and stuck a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While fellow physicians were in Utterson last month meeting with MAHC board members, Dr. Luke Wu was in Ottawa for the baptism of his daughter who was born at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital last year. He wanted to be at the important meeting, but family came first Easter weekend […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — SSMH proponents need “convincing” the latest changes to MAHC’s redevelopment plan “have improved their offerings that will in fact result in two-fully functioning hospitals with shared services. And they say: “Our petition should be tabled this week in the Legislature and we have another petition out with the same list […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As reported here last month, MAHC has tweaked its hospitals plan. They will include 36 acute care beds at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital a decade from now — but only one bed for newborn labour and delivery. However, in confirming changes it already announced last week, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare […]
HUNTSVILLE — A high-wire criminal investigation is underway after thieves severed and removed a communication line on a utility pole. The theft of the copper wire occurred near Greer Road last Thursday, April 4, between 7 and 8 p.m. when the wires were actually cut. OPP Const. Dana Morris says “there was a service interruption […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man accused of having open liquor and cannabis “readily available” while driving has been charged with impaired operation of his vehicle after he rear-ended another driver at a police road check last week. Police arrested and charged Ian Watson, 34, of Bracebridge at a Seatbelt Enforcement check on the Easter Long Weekend. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — There was excitement in the air and on the ground this afternoon as goggly-eyed solar eclipse fans looked up — way up — to see for some a once in a lifetime phenomena. It was a sight for sore eyes unless you had special pupil protection. And many did […]