GRAVENHRST — A Corona crackdown now includes program closures and self-restrictions at municipal facilities. Officials here said late Friday that in light of the current precautionary advisories in regards to COVID -19 (Coronavirus) and keeping public safety top of mind, the Town of Gravenhurst has regretfully had to cancel all March break programming from March 16 to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUKSOKA — Municipal and district governments in Muskoka are hard at work coping and dealing with the current COVID-19 health challenges facing the world and local residents. All town and district staffs are meeting daily and providing updates on what services are closed or remain open. See MuskokaTODAY.com for continuing details […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The Coronavirus crisis has hit Simcoe-Muskoka. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it has received notification of the region’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in a local resident who recently returned from Germany and Spain. The individual is self-isolating and recovering at home. They […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local initiatives to prevent a possible spread of the Cornavirus are taking hold in the public schools with a number of proactive measures to get ahead of the threat as the virus that could spread widely, according to at least one top federal official. Trillium Lakelands District School Board […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — The global pandemic “is no reason to panic,” says MPP Norm Miller. “But everyone should be careful,” he said in a release Wednesday afternoon, while also lauding Ontario’s health system for doing “a great job of managing the risks of Coronavirus.” The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP says with concerns about international […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Diners at a downtown restaurant are urged to get a free vaccine after a food handler has tested positive for Hepatitis A. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) said Wednesday morning that it was notified of a case of Hepatitis A after the employee worked at the Family Place […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — After last spring’s severe flooding— and in light of a new Coronavirus scare in Sudbury —officials here are urging residents to plan for any type of emergency including: Severe weather – floods, extreme temperatures, wind storms, tornadoes, snow and icestorms; Accidents – hazardous material spills, explosions, water contamination, train […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — With COVID-19 reaching Sudbury Saturday — and the country on high alert to prevent further spread — Ontario’s new dedicated web page is a site for the public to get more information on provincial health initiatives. And on Wednesday the World Health Organization (WHO) finally officially declared the Coronavirus a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — Muskoka flood watchers got good and bad news from the province today. The Ford government admitted climate change — but didn’t put its money where its mouth is, charges the NDP, after last spring’s massive flooding took out homes and forced hundreds to seek higher grounds, brought in […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A film fest to “show the public all the bright sides of queer life and to inspire and support the local LQBTQI2S+ community with positive role models,” will screen 13 movies here March 21. According to its directors call for entries, they were “looking for the queer film stories that will carry an uplifting […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Pam Mulligan can use a get-away. The give-er-a-go’s spirt made her the grand prize winner of Bracebridge’s “Let’s Get Started – Try Something New” activity event at the Bracebridge Sportsplex. This week, Mayor Graydon Smith and Paul and Lea Kane, of Royal LePage, announced Mulligan had won a two-day Muskoka retreat. “It was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — On International Women’s Day, YWCA Muskoka opens the nominations for Muskoka’s 19th annual Women of Distinction Awards. Women of Distinction is a signature fundraising event that ensures women and girls of Muskoka have access to and are provided services year-round through YWCA violence prevention and educational programs, life skills […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — If you’ve walked or driven along Muskoka Road and crossed the east-west Brock and Sharpe street accesses, you might have wondered for whom they’re named. Or who Mary and Sarah are that they, too, had streets named for them on the west side of town? The two little girls were born Browns – and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A company where a worker died in 2018 while installing chains on a truck tire has been fined $125,000. Plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge. Great Northern Insulation (GNI), a Woodstock-based insulation company with a location in Gravenhurst, was convicted Feb. 25, following the Nov. 23, 2018 accident. […]
HUNTSVILLE — Infastructure help for people in Muskoka with development disabilities and vulnerable children is being provided by the province. Ontario is helping six agencies in Parry Sound-Muskoka repair and renovate vital community buildings. This morning at Community Living Huntsville, MPP Norm Miller announced the Ford government is investing $70,000 in various agencies that support […]
Dear Editor: Re: Support For Public Education I’m an educator in Bracebridge. Over the past few weeks, we have seen unprecedented support for our fight against cuts to public education proposed by the Ford government. We recognize the challenges and inconveniences that so many of our community’s families have endured as we stand up for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Plans for a major housing development at the south end of Gravenhurst have been fast-tracked. Major zoning and official plan amendments were approved Tuesday at a town planning council meeting. And SkyDev president Greg Jones said in an email Thursday to MuskokaTODAY.com that as a result: “All looks good […]
RAMA — Gamblers are back at the tables and machines in Casino Rama as of 6 p.m. Wednesday. An anonymous bomb threat to OPP in Orillia at 2 p.m. today forced Casino Rama to evacuate the casino early Wednesday afternoon. A spokesperson said just now that they are back in business “as if nothing happened,” […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another in the excellent series of History Lives Talks presented by Judy Humphries of the Gravenhurst Archives takes place Wednesday night at the Gravenhurst Library. It’s called: Founding Families: Who are the people who gave us our great beginnings? Brock, Brown, Cockburn, Mickle, Mowry, Marter and more…. If you […]
QUEEN’S PARK — With the doors to the new Andy’s House hospice in Port Carling nearly open, the province has guaranteed annual funding of $315,000 for the first three beds. Tuesday in the Ontario legislature, MPP Norm Miller thanked the minister of health. Mr. Norman Miller: A few weeks ago, I had the honour of announcing […]