Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The end of the month may be the latest beginning of the end for COVID. At least the province thinks so as it moves toward loosening its grip on business by allowing them to welcome back up to half their in-house customer base. This as confirmed local cases dropped […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskoka has almost doubled it number of COVID deaths this past week. Six more Muskokans have died, including five in long-term care, Dr. Charles Gardner confirmed this afternoon. Among today’s lag in deaths reported were 5 who were 80+ (2 men and 3 women) and a man 65-79 who […]
BRACEBRIDGE – Police continue to look for the whereabouts of a man reported missing from Bracebridge on Saturday. The OPP reported today that James Gamble, 48, has since been seen in the Orangeville area. They say that on Jan. 15 at 10:30 a.m. police received a missing person report that the Bracebridge resident left home […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police are looking for black GMC Sierra pickup after an ATV was stolen on a trailer here Sunday. They say that on Jan. 16 at 3 p.m. an unknown person or persons stole an ATV trailer loaded with an ATV from 741 Muskoka Rd. #3, in Huntsville. The ATV and trailer are described […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Sunshine greeted local students today as schools finally reopened a day late — but with some fanfare. High schoolers in Gravenhurst got to see a ‘Welcome Back Gryphons’ electronic billboard on their way into classes — even if it was meant for yesterday’s snow day. Teachers, staff and students […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — So much for a return to in-person learning in much of Ontario. School buses in Muskoka were cancelled this morning by local school boards due to snowfalls and students were offered remote learning on the first day of the much anticipated — and debated — end of the Christmas […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Golf club owner Don MacKay is moving up in the world local aviation. The man behind Bracebridge’s Muskoka Highlands course is the new chair of the Muskoka District Airport in Gravenhurst. He trades places with Bud Purves, who will remain, along with Robin Garret who will also stay on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Days before schools reopen, locally reported COVID cases climbed slightly today to 362 as concerns grow among most Canadians about Omicron’s chilling effect. Winter of discontent no doubt. Both federal and regional health officials forecast ever more cases in to early February. Simoce Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) said […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are looking for a suspect in a gas bar cash and dash earlier this month on Hwy. 11. They say that on Jan. 3 officers were dispatched to a report of a break and enter at the Shell Gas Station located northbound on Hwy. 11 south of Gravenhurst at the Kahshe Lake […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Almost 60 more regional COVID cases are being reported today than yesterday — but where they are and when they were remains a closely guarded secret by the province through its local public health unit. All it’s safe to assume it that Omicron is omnipresent in everyday life. As […]
Letter to Editor: Continuing to publish only raw data regarding the number of daily vaccinated infections compared with infections in unvaccinated people paints a false picture of the efficacy of COVID vaccines, and seems to support the dangerous myth that vaccines are ineffective. A quick look at the Ontario Science Table’s online data reveals that, […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Four community centres will receive more than $1,272,000 from the province for facility upgrades. The funding is a part of the Community Building Fund’s Capital stream, administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. In Parry Sound-Muskoka, the local recipients are as follows: The Township of Lake of Bays is receiving $500,000 over 12 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — There are more COVID cases than the government, health units and public know, but you’ll never know who are where and in what communities they live. As of today the municipal locations of cases will no longer be disclosed by the health unit and province. The reason, claims Dr. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ontario families ready to return to kids to school Monday amid ever-increasing COVID cases, Quebec has taken the first bold step in proposing a health care contributing tax on those unvaccinated without medical exemptions. Today Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 364 cases — including 26 in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After almost 3,000 COVID cases last week in the region, Simcoe-Muskoka starts the week with 337 — including 66 in Muskoka over the weekend. The 2,988 cases to start off the first week of 2022 was down 16 per cent from the first week after Christmas. They are among […]
MUSKOKA — Two boys born Saturday are Muskoka’s first of 2022. The Gravenhurst and Huntsville residents arrived eight hours apart on Jan. 8. At South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, Andy Couling was born at 5:13 a.m., to first-time parents Melissa Switzer and Matt Couling, of Gravenhurst. Andy arrived at 8 pounds, 6 ounces. At the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital baby […]
STEPHEN RICHARDS | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com FICTION A man and a woman sit facing, knee to knee, in a dim lit room. Each holds a glass of Johnston’s Cranberry Splash Spritzer. The vintage Ronco vinyl phonograph plays “What a Wonderful World” and it’s skipping on the song’s title. The two are engrossed in conversation. Moonlight […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist The MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka recently spoke out about the labour shortage and seemed to make a link between local franchises like Tim Hortons being unable to attract workers and the government’s pandemic benefits. Scott Aitchison, the Conservative’s labour critic, doesn’t seem to believe Canadians can be trusted to receive […]
MUSKOKA — Environment Canada has forecasted extreme cold conditions for Muskoka, as wind chill values near -35° C are expected tonight and early Saturday morning. Decreasing temperatures can put everyone at risk for cold-related illness or injury, such as frostbite and hypothermia. The health unit says risks are greatest for those who are marginally housed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — COVID cases are up again in Muskoka and Simcoe today. The health unit reports that 41 of the 524 regional cases are in Muskoka. Including an outbreak among 5 residents at the Gravenhurst Manor on its main street. Yesterday the district and region were reported to have had 480 […]