Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Yesterday, as Ottawa unveiled ambitious national climate change goals, a group of local scientists and supporters took a micro approach to environmental concerns deeply affecting the district. Friends of Muskoka Watershed (FMW), a highly-regarded — if lesser known — group of lake experts tackled as important issues affecting waters […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Drivers along two stretches of highways that run through Muskoka will be able to pick up speed on a trial basis as of April 22. A 45-kilometre stretch of Hwy. 11 north — from Emsdale to South River; and a 55-kilometre part of Hwy. 400 in west Muskoka — […]
HUNTSVILLE — An outbreak declared today in the east wing of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital (HDMH) means no visitors are allowed in that wing after the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit placed it under unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak status. As of March 29 testing of patients and staff there is occurring as part Muskoka Algonquin […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Graydon Smith is a lot like Norm Miller, the affable MPP he’s running to replace. Both are popular politicians in a small-town way. Like the Parry Sound farmer, they represent small-c conservative values. So if Smith is successful in replacing Miller June 2, constituents should see little change […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local hospitals, which have struggled for decades to make year-ends meet, will get a special one-time COVID cash injection to help the Bracebridge and Huntsville sites recoup lost pandemic revenue, the province said today. The Ontario government announced Friday that is it giving Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) $2,001,899.68 extra […]
GRAVENHURST — A spring thaw has town officials preparing for the worst — as it reminds residents Mother Nature is in firm control. The Town of Gravenhurst says in a release this Friday afternoon that the warming temperatures trend and winter snowpack runoff are again creating threatening annual high water levels in lakes and rivers. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Rain and melting snow are causing water levels and river flows to rise. That mild temperatures and precipitation mix has the province to declare a “water safety” advisory for the local area for at least the next week. A forecast of cold weather through the weekend and into […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The body of a missing Huntsville man has been found here near the High Falls hydro dam. Mark Nevins, 60, was reported missing Monday and the OPP had asked the public to assist in their search for him or his SUV. Yesterday police were alerted by a member of the public who noticed a […]