Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Case counts yesterday of 20 people locally with COVID-19 reflected the downward trajectory seen last week. But with 146 cases since Friday’s last reporting the average is 36.5 for those four days of the May 24 Victoria long weekend. And 2 more deaths, reports the Simcoe Muskoka District Health […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com KILWORTHY — Friends and family of Ben Readman, of Orillia, are mourning his death on Kawagama Lake, east of Dorset, yesterday. The long-time construction manager with CedarCoast Timber Homes died in a boating accident say police. His body was recovered this afternoon. A fellow worker with him, Dalton Hill, was able […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Looking for a little hope, peace and love these days? Head over to the Trinity United Church’s YouTube channel for an uplifting look at their just released new YouTube video called “With a Little Help From My Friends.” Nearly two dozen performers (children, adults and seniors) are featured in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With its only splash pad closed for at least three more weeks and temperatures soaring, Gravenhurst is closing its largest and only decent beach on Lake Muskoka this summer for repairs. They say in a release Friday that the popular Muskoka Beach Park, located at 1141 Muskoka Beach Road, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more Muskoka COVID cases are among 45 in the region Friday on the eve of the long weekend. This as Muskoka had its fifth death, reported yesterday, of a man aged 45-64 on May 13. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) doesn’t say in which town he […]
SEVERN TOWNSHIP — A Gravenhurst man is charged with impaired driving after being stopped on Hwy. 11 early this morning. Provincial police say they’ve arrested and charged him driver after a stop in of Severn. This was the third impaired driving arrest in three days in the Orillia detachment area. They say that on May […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — It’s open season on golf courses and at skateboard parks and for outdoor gatherings of five people Saturday of this long weekend in Ontario. And on June 14 things could open up more if vaccines bring COVID cases down. It’s all part of their three-step Roadmap to Reopen plan […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family and friends of Justin Evans are reporting that the body of the young man — who has been missing since Dec. 12 — was found by a hiker yesterday near his home in Kilworthy. His reported cousin, Marj Giordanella shared this “latest family update” post on Facebook: “On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Consider yesterday a reprieve, respite or pre-holiday holiday. Or simple statistical anomaly. Whatever, today’s COVID numbers put to rest Wednesday’s decent descent in cases when there were 51 — all in Simcoe. So much for that. This afternoon the health unit reports 60 more (the province said it was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The gift that keeps on giving will benefit seven of nine groups that applied for special community endowment funding. A citizen committee recommended $25,000 from the town’s Terrence Haight assistance fund go to projects for kids, mental health, GAP, Ryde Co-op and $1,000 for something called Safe Quiet Lakes. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Human remains found by a hiker here yesterday are being investigated by multiple police units. Provincial police are asking the public’s help with the mysterious case. They say that on Wednesday, May 19, shortly before 3 p.m., they got a 911 call after a hiker discovered the remains while […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst firefighters rushed to brush and grass fires Sunday and Monday highlighting the ‘high’ forest fire rating that local fire chiefs announced this week. They say in a joint release that due to drying conditions in the district and little rain in the forecast, the Muskoka Association of Fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If getting back to normal means no cases in Muskoka and 51 in Simcoe, then we’re there today. By all accounts that’s where the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is at as of Wednesday, May 19 — as these are the kinds of numbers we reported a year […]
GRAVENHURST — As hopes are up for a healthier summer, so too are flags flying at full mast thanks to local Lions. The club’s annual Canadian flag program is under way and the maple leafs fluttering in the breeze are a welcome return and brightening the main street. This signature project of the service organization […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst had Muskoka’s only 2 COVID cases today. They were among 42 reported by the health unit this afternoon, which also 10 active cases remain at Muskoka Shores LTC in Gravenhurst: 5 residents and 5 staff as of an outbreak declared April 23. The latest cases were: Gravenhurst man, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — After going outside to hire a new fire chief, the Town of Gravenhurst has stayed in-house with the hiring of a popular new CAO. Scott Lucas, director of community growth and development, will return to the job Nov. 1 after a previously brief stint as acting CAO. The town […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If life’s a beach — it’s not this weekend. Not even with 50 per cent of local adults 18+ now vaccinated, says Simcoe-Muskoka’s medical officer of health. And a regional goal of 75 per cent by July 1. Dr. Charles Gardner warned sun- and water-worshippers today not to let […]
MUSKOKA — Police were busy with six drug- and alcohol-driving charges over the weekend. Yesterday afternoon, May 16 at 1:30 p.m., police got a tip from a member of the public about the driver of a vehicle at a fast food restaurant on Muskoka Road 118 in Bracebridge. The driver and passenger were reportedly intermittently […]
MUSKOKA — A months-long drug investigation has ended with a Bracebridge woman and three other people charged after raids at homes in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Toronto and Mississauga that netted police cocaine, heroin and $40,000 in cash. Provincial police say that in early 2021 the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) began investigating suspected drug trafficking […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As vaccines open to all Ontarians 18+ tomorrow, Simcoe-Muskoka is reporting almost 40 per cent of its adult population has received one shot and close to 4 per cent a second shot. This as they report 141 cases over the weekend — 6 of them in Muskoka. That starts […]