Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Customers in Orillia and Muskoka can rest assured when they shop at some local businesses that staff have been screened for COVID-19. If your favourite shop has taken part in a new chamber of commerce initiative. As of today small- and medium-sized workplaces can screen employees to help stop […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — If you were looking for a dump truck or big piece of construction equipment anywhere in west Muskoka yesterday, good luck. Try Hwy. 118 through Port Carling. That’s where more than 120 of them were on parade through the Muskoka Lakes town in a salute to Jim Brown […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — Expect a huge traffic jam here at noon Saturday. Friends of Jim Brown are rolling through town in drive-by convoy of “about 200” trucks, antique cars and commercial vehicles to pay tribute to a “great community guy.” Brown, 66, who died at home in his sleep April 29, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three young Muskoka women are under investigation after testing positive in latest reporting by the health unit, which says young adults (18-34 years) have had the highest rates of infection since February. Two are from Bracebridge, one is from Muskoka Lakes. And all, aged 18-34, were reported yesterday. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Ontario’s extended lockdown announcement today comes as two girls in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge and a young man and woman in Muskoka Lakes are among 58 new cases in Simcoe-Muskoka. Premier Doug Ford said this afternoon that to “save the summer” the stay-at-home order will remain in effect until June […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Bracebridge residents are among 72 COVID cases, as most Canadian health officials, the federal government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau roll up their sleeves in support of AstraZeneca. And as local pharmacies are awaiting shipments soon of Pfizer and Moderna doses to jab “hundreds” on waiting lists. Today’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ontario pauses first doses of AstraZeneca, 4 new Muskoka COVID cases today are in addition to an outbreak of 10 cases at one accommodation site in the district, says the health unit. Dr. Charles Gardner wouldn’t say where the outbreak is, only that “I can confirm that it […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — All that take-out food means you’ll have to get up early to take out the trash. The District of Muskoka, which is struggling with waste management, says it is overwhelmed with your stay-at-home collections. But that’s not good enough to at least one resident in Gravenhurst. Laurie Dixon writes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As the province gets ready to extend the stay-at-home order to June 2, provincial police in south Muskoka report 16 people have been charged this month with violating the Emergency Measures and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA). The OPP say they have been involved with several investigations in May, including […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another half dozen Muskoka COVID cases over the weekend includes three related to travel in Muskoka Lakes as the province is set to stretch the lockdown to June 2. The other cases are in Bracebridge and Huntsville; and another one in Muskoka Lakes, which is listed by the health […]
HUNTSVILLE — A malicious late night walk has police on the lookout for a suspect who threw a rock at cars parked at Jason Armstrong’s Hyundai of Muskoka near King William and Cann streets. Police say that at 11 p.m. Monday, May 3, an unknown person was walking on Cann Street toward Chaffey Street when […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — A first and a last for Hospice Muskoka. Sandra Winspear the executive director of Hospice Muskoka — and a tireless advocate for the dying with dignity for 25 years — is retiring. “I am really pleased that the board has hired nurse practitioner (NP) and director of care […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A 40-year-old Bracebridge man is in custody to appear in bail court tomorrow morning after a shooting incident here Saturday night. Provincial police responded to a 911 gun call from a member of the public reported being fired at at an address near Balls Drive May 8 at 8 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — A 16-year-old Lake of Bays girl was in bail court Friday charged with possession of drugs for trafficking after being arrested two days in a row. She and a 23-year-old Huntsville woman were arrested and charged Thursday after police stopped them for speeding. Provincial police say they charged the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What do you do when you want to mark a milestone birthday and you can’t have anyone over for fear of a happening being a gathering? Well, if you’re lucky — like Ingrid Fritz was today — you’re friends and neighbours do a drive-by to wish you well, all […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ottawa debates the social and financial cost of waiving COVID patents, Muskoka has two more cases according to the health unit today. They are among either 64, 67 or 71 cases reported variously by the province this morning and the health unit this afternoon. This as another person […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Employees of Muskoka businesses belonging to chambers of commerce will be getting free rapid COVID testing for employees. “We’re super excited,” said Sandy Lockhart, executive director of the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce. “It will help businesses stay open and viable and reassure customers that staff are being regularly tested. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two Muskoka women and 80 others in Simcoe add up to another bad day on the corona front today, according to the health unit this afternoon. A Gravenhurst woman, aged 35-44, is under investigation after reporting May 5 with a first episode May 4. And a Huntsville, 65-79, with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES — The pandemic pivot is paying off big-time for local chambers of commerce and their members who are coming out of COVID with renewed hope and a big thumbs up. Tuesday at the Ontario Chambers of Commerce’s virtual AGM and convention the Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce was recognized […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — If you’re having a heart attack — don’t pass go. That’s the gist of new health care protocols that will drive you directly to RVH. Heart attack patients in Muskoka now have access to the “gold standard” of care thanks to the Simcoe Muskoka Code STEMI Protocol. As of […]