HUNTSVILLE — A 14-year-old girl who has been missing for almost two weeks has been found safe. Police here had requested public assistance after she was last seen Aug. 24 at 11:30 p.m. Three days later Amelia was reported missing to the OPP. She was last seen in the Huntsville area and was described as […]
MUSKOKA — An outbreak at SMMH in which 18 patients and 5 staff were infected has come to an end. As of Friday, Sept. 6, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says in a release today that in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit thy have confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak on North Wing at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — What do you get for $78 million? A new library-arena rec facility in Bracebridge or the ‘Local Share’ of two new hospitals? Both it seems. As Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare begins dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on its “final” proposal to the province this fall to rebuild HDMH […]
GRAVENHURST — The latest in a series of break and enters at the south end of town along Hwy. 11 has police asking neighbours for video footage that might help their investigation. They are investigating another break and enter early Sunday, Sept. 1. At 2:30 a.m. officers were dispatched by an alarm company to a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — New clothes and new supplies aren’t the only things parents and student are getting ready for next week when classes return early the morning after Labour Day. A new provincial government policy kicks in regarding use of cell phones for all grades. Starting September 3, Trillium Lakelands District School […]
MuskokaTODAY.com Staff HUNTSVILLE — A brief COVID outbreak at the hospital here the past week has been declared over. The South Wing of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s Huntsville District Memorial Hospital site was cleared as of yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 28. In consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, MAHC has confirmed the COVID-19 outbreak has […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Lights, cameras, action … portraits or still life. That’s the Muskoka Photography Club. They meet the third Wednesday of every month. Paid members gather at Raymond Hall or via Zoom to share their photography, discuss techniques, and learn from each other. Meetings may include guest speakers, workshops, or presentations […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com CALLENDER — A sad account of quintuplets dying in a Gaza hospital bombing in the Middle East just over a week ago reminded me of a trip north I took just days before. I was at loose ends and driving up Hwy. 11 when I opted to veer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What’s the hurry? Where’s the fire? Tyler Sloan had to rush back to Vermilion, Alberta, this week for firefighting training. The great, great, great grandson of Archy Sloan would have been proud of him. The 22-year-old, who graduates in November, had a baptism of fire this past month when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Peter Freed tells me his Muskoka Bay Golf Course should be ranked “No. 1” in Canada. He laughed Thursday afternoon when I asked him about its #24 score this month in the biannual Score golf magazine rankings of the top 100 courses. Two years ago it was No. 22 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Picture this …. A packed arena, some of the top players in hockey today and a great new sports facility. The game crowd yesterday morning loved ex-NHLer Sam Gagner’s “pro camp” at the MLCC as part of an opening day family event. And they all loved it — including […]
Photos and story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A few came to tour the MLCC opening day — but most were there to watch the NHLers. But the smart hockey fans yesterday morning had their eyes on the Maple Leafs’ new captain — and his “assistant.” Auston Matthews and John Tavares were chipping away […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — It’s game on … and the doors aren’t even officially open on the new Muskoka Lumber Community Centre. The pros are already scrimmaging — and rumour is the Maple Leafs will make it their annual pre-season Muskoka cottage camp here next month. Meanwhile finishing touches are underway in the […]
Lois Cooper | MuskokaTODAY.com OPINION Sunday night someone brought their digging tools to may garden and stole the plants of their desire. I would like to thank the person who drove the thief (thieves) away. Whoever did it was so startled they dropped their garden fork and some of the plants that they had dug […]
HUNTSVILLE — Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) has placed the South Wing at the HMDH Site under a unit-specific COVID-19 confirmed outbreak status in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). This follows the confirmation of six cases. And five last week at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, where these same protective measures were put […]
Photos, story Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SUDBURY — Science North is to northern Ontario what the Ontario Science Centre was to Toronto. Petri dishes — here shaped like snowflakes — that foster mindful growth in cultivating ageless grey cells to become aware of natural surroundings in a wondrously lightning-fast paced planetary world. The applications and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The omnipresent corona virus has struck again at a local hospital site. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reporting COVID among four staff and one patient as of Thursday. The virus that struck global fears and tens of thousands of deaths just a couple years ago is back at South […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — For Kyung-A Lee’s legion of fan — of which there are hundreds, if not thousands throughout Muskoka — it’s hard to believe she be any better. Those who’ve marvelled at the pianist’s pounding beauty, precision, deft and delicate touches she could never sound better. Not to speak of her […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The word on the street is that Bay Street won’t be fully open until at least November. Trisan Construction was going door-to-door this afternoon informing residents and businesses located in the second phase area of the redevelopment of the Bay & Beyond road construction that it will be the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An annual spike in summer ER visits at MAHC will have patients seeing five new emergency doctors in south Muskoka and Huntsville. They are among a staggering 134 new hospitals hires since the beginning of the year. In a release today, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) says it has hired […]