Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hopes for a hospitals solution closer to home were dashed last night when a virtual session between doctors and Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare ended in a stalemate. The online call, convened by a MAHC facilitator, “went as expected,” said one doctor who was online when reached for comment this afternoon. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — By land, by water — and now by air Rotary’s Rock the Barge amphitheatre project looks stunning. Rotarian Dave Reid manoeuvred his drone camera above the construction site at Gull Lake Rotary Park this week for seagull’s eye view of the seating work nearing completion. Reid, chair of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Doctors don’t usually get hugs, handshakes and high-fives. Least not in public at a park. Dr. Stephen Rix had all three Saturday morning. Taking time out to attend the rally supporting fellow physicians was nice way to spend an hour or so with his young son. Better than digging […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Yesterday’s surprise announcement that talks between doctors and the MAHC board tomorrow will be virtual has caught a lot of people off guard. Oh, to have been a fly on that wall had it remained at the Utterson Town Hall as planned until Monday. Alas the fate of hospitals […]
MUSKOKA — If your phone blares at you this Friday morning don’t be alarmed. It’s only a test. The Muskoka Emergency Response Committee (MERC) has scheduled a test of the #AlertMuskoka system, powered by Voyent Alert!, at 10 a.m. This test is taking place during Emergency Preparedness Week to support the community’s readiness for actual […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An anticipated face-off between MAHC and south Muskoka MDs Wednesday has been cancelled and instead will be held via zoom. The third meeting to work out differences between the physicians’ ‘Care Close to Home’ model and Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare’s ‘Made in Muskoka’ health care plan was to be held […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — In a public square the people’s voice was heard loud and cheer. “54 and Care Close to Home!” “54 and Care Close to Home!” Organizers of Saturday’s “support for doctors” couldn’t be more clear, as Dan Waters and Phyllis Winngton-Ingram led hundreds in the repeated chants — which may […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A family feud fast devolving in to a Muskoka health crisis witnesses the critical divide both sides sneer at in U.S. And increasingly around the world and now on campuses closer to home. Muskoka hospitals are about healing, not hurting. This is a family break-up that has parents, children, […]