Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — Overwhelmed, exhausted, fatigued and frustrated are but four adjectives to describe what’s going on in hospitals these days. So says Janice Skot, the long-time president and CEO of RVH, Simcoe and Muskoka’s largest health care facility. In a “message to the community” this afternoon, she says “now more than […]
GRAVENHURST — Police have escalated their investigation in to the whereabouts and circumstances around a young man who went missing last weekend after his family called them for help out of concern for his health and safety. The OPP say this afternoon, Thursday Dec. 17, that they have now called in the Muskoka Crime Unit […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Months or even weeks ago COVID reports were rare in Muskoka. Now’s they’ve become almost a daily occurrence. Today is no exception to the new order — with two more people up north here testing positive. A young man, 18-34, in Bracebridge is under investigation. And an older woman, 35-44, from Huntsville who […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As the days count down to Christmas, COVID cases in Simcoe and Muskoka continue to go up. Wednesday saw two more Muskokans test positive and 50 more in Simcoe counties north and south. A Bracebridge woman, listed as older than 80, had close contact, late health unit stats posted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You could say Gord Durnan doesn’t act his age. If you’ve ever seen his wardrobe — and you can’t miss him — you’d think the colourful character was on the golf course all year. To say he stands out is an understatement. He is a stand-out who would make […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A man who died at a Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) hospital is among 56 people to have succumbed to COVID. The health unit’s Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon in briefing, Tuesday Dec. 15, that the man was aged 35 to 44. He is the second death in Muskoka, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more Muskoka cases bring to 44 the number of COVID reports today by the health unit, including three more deaths in the region. One of the deaths was a man, aged 35-44 at a Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare hospital. A Gravenhurst woman, 18-34, in an institutional outbreak and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The driver of a vehicle who eluded police three times — injuring a Huntsville officer in the first incident last August — was in bail court here this morning. He and another person, both Mississauga residents, were arrested yesterday, and held in custody, appearing today via video at the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Week one of red zone restrictions begins with five COVID cases in Muskoka and 116 in the Simcoes —as the a care giver in Toronto and an LTC resident in Quebec are the first to get the corona vaccine today. Figures for the past three days just posted this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — With no money, no partners and no players, Bracebridge continues to work on the development of a new multiuse community centre (MUCC). And be shovel-ready when provincial and federal pandemic infrastructure spending trickles down to municipalities. Back in September council approved the design by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects (MJMA). […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — New red zone Public Health restrictions for Muskoka and Simcoe counties announced today aren’t a total lockdown like the grey one York, Toronto and Peel are moving into. But they will further limit your movements and interactions for at least the next 28 days. If the measures don’t flatten the curve — as even […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hospital visitors wandering around without masks has forced MAHC to clamp down on miscreants and threaten visiting privileges. The bad apples also mean new restrictions — effective immediately — to cope with COVID’s increasing local numbers. They have forced Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare to revise its visiting requirements “to keep […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — COVID’s cost in lives lost and families affected is filtering down to governments and NGOs coping with extra expenses. To help, today MPP Norman Miller announced on behalf of the government $407,600 in additional social services relief funding for Parry Sound and Muskoka. The District of Muskoka will receive […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — An interesting fallout from today’s announcement about moving to a red zone is that it could help expedite the vaccine distribution locally to front-line health care workers — a day before its rollout in Toronto and Ottawa. That’s according to the province this afternoon. It says in a release […]
GRAVENHURST — In an unprecedented year where residents are suffering, council has opted to spend more money on Wharf tourism, a new arerial fire truck, newer trucks, the Opera House and bailing out the YMCA as it prepares to reopen next month. Most of that will be achieved through reserves and internal borrowing — to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As predicted, another 37 Simcoe COVID cases today puts Simcoe and Muskoka into the red zone Monday. That means new restrictions (below) for 28 days. The region joins York, Toronto and Peel, which head into lockdown the grey lockdown zone at the same time. Cases in York yesterday were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PORT CARLING — Millionaire’s Row has rich new neighbours — even by their standards. Princess Diana’s brother has reportedly bought a mansion on Lake Rosseau once listed at $8 million, says the National Post. Charles the Earl of Spencer and his Canadian wife Karen Gordon, an Edmonton “social entrepreneur,” also bought […]
HUNTSVILLE — Firefighters collected a ton of food for the needy in their annual drive. In fact it was 20 tons. The stage at the Algonquin Theatre — one of the drop-offs — was jam-packed for hours Dec. 2 as volunteers began sorting and sifting the bags and bags and boxes of food stuffs large […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hard-hit business owners have a sense of humour. They miss the walk-in Christmas customers they had last year as BIAs aren’t bustling with busy shoppers scurrying about with bundles of parcels under their arms. And Santa hasn’t been seen driving his reindeer down main drags greeting gaggles of giggling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The local cases are down locally, but have hit a record provincially today. While Simcoe had 36 new corona reports (none in Muskoka) Ontario saw 1,983 people test positive, with 35 people dying. That includes 515 in Peel, 496 in Toronto and 208 in York Region. Quebec says it […]