MUSKOKA LAKES — A fatal watercraft accident this summer has led to serious charges yesterday against a Muskoka Lakes Township man. Provincial police said Wednesday Dec. 9 that Charles McNair, 58, was charged with Dangerous Operation Causing Death CC 320.13(3). The OPP say that after a five-month investigation involving the Provincial Traffic Operations unit, they […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Three paramedics are self-isolating after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. The District of Muskoka said in a release late this afternoon that the paramedic is recovering at home with symptoms and is self-isolating for a 14-day period. They say that at this time, the case is believed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As COVID cases look to skyrocket over Christmas, Muskoka’s top health official says there are “likely” more cases in the district than we know. Eighty-five per cent of the region’s coronavirus cases the past two days are under investigation by the health unit as to their cause. That’s 14 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Canada today approved a Pfizer vaccine to begin distribution possibly next week, local cases jumped to 61. They include another man and woman from Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes, respectively. The man, aged 35-64, contracted it through close contact; and the woman, who is between ages of 45 and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com A recent Rotary coat drive was an early Christmas gift for many. Muskoka service clubs collected and handed out hundreds of free winter covers through Fabricare, which cleaned and did the distribution at their cleaning centres in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville in late November. And while not all the adult parkas […]
MUSKOKA — It may be better to give than receive at this time of year. But when it comes to share and share-alike, local hospitals say thanks … but no thanks. Your “thoughtful gifts … also carry a level of risk to our staff and physicians that is not advisable,” says Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare CEO […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Forget a green Christmas. We’re “likely” in for a red Christmas in two weeks, says the region’s top health official. And don’t count on RVH’s deep freeze to save residents by then — or any time soon after that. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon that’s Simcoe and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The vaccine can’t come fast enough. With 46 new COVID cases today — including two more in Huntsville — the region is already at 215 this week after 231 last week. And an unusual 44 of those cases are “under investigation” with no indication of their cause. The other […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — An explosion of cases today sees 1,925 people in Ontario with COVID, including five people in Muskoka. In Simcoe and Muskoka the health unit reports 171 for the past three days of Friday, Saturday and Sunday — an average of 51 per day. See the full list at https://www.simcoemuskokahealth.org/MicroSites/Media/Health%20Stats/Instant%20Atlas/COVIDlist/COVID_DownloadableData_20201207.html […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Dap Thach has always had a love of trains and all things railway. Maybe it goes back to getting a train set for Christmas. So when he was thought about a festive way to spice up the corner unit of his new DTA accounting office in the Ing Building, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man, aged 65-79, is under investigation after testing positive for COVID in Friday’s health unit accounting. This after Taylor Chiropractic informed patients Thursday Dec. 3 that it had been advised by Public Health that it had been exposed to case of COVID. They say it was not […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst chiropractor is closed today for cleaning after a link to COVID-19. Taylor Chiropractic informed patients with appointments Thursday Dec. 3 that bookings will have to rescheduled. They said they had been informed that someone who had been at the clinic had been affected. It is not among […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — It’s going to be a “pandemic Christmas” no doubt. But how you deal with it and cope is up to you and how you will best survive until a vaccine soon hopefully arrives, says mental health experts. Dr. Christine Purdon, a University of Waterloo clinical psychologist, agrees wholeheartedly and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Getting a flu shot is harder than finding a needle in a hay stack. Shortages this fall at pharmacies and doctors’ offices that have had residents scrambling to get on multiple call-back lists are being blamed on a provincial back-log. “It’s a bloody mess,” says Tony Varney, a retired pharmacist […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As talk — and hope — begins switching to a vaccine in the early new year, new cases of COVID continue on high. Simcoe posted 30 positive results today and Muskoka none. That’s 159 since Sunday. Two weeks ago there were 200. The running total is now 2,178, according […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — He’s just one man. One case. But a Gravenhurst resident, aged 18-34, with close contacts with someone who already has the coronavirus is the first Muskoka person this month to be reported with COVID-19 as cases continue to climb. Another 37 from Simcoe were also among the rising toll […]
ORILLIA — If you haven’t downloaded the COVID alert tracker app, here’s another one you may consider to save yourself. Today the OPP launched the internationally-recognized and used mobile application ‘what3words’ in its provincial communications centres (PCCs) — like the one at its Orillia headquarters. They say that in an emergency, if you call 911 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka residents are among 96 reported COVID cases today. A Bracebridge man, aged 45-64, who obtained it through the community; a Huntsville woman, also 45-64, who got it through travel; and an 18-34 Muskoka Lakes woman with close contact are the latest to test positive. And if you’re […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a worrisome 30 cases of COVID today, Simcoe and Muskoka could be below last week’s total of 200. As of Thursday Nov. 26 the health unit is reporting 149 people locally have contracted the coronavirus since Sunday. So unless there is a spike of 51 in tomorrow’s Friday […]
HUNTSVILLE — Christmas came early for a Huntsville man accused of being drunk behind the wheel in a morning police check. Just days before Muskoka officers kicked off their annual Festive RIDE campaign today, Nov 26, Sean Cooper was himself taken for a ride — to the Huntsville detachment. On Saturday Nov. 21 police were […]