TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist With the labour shortage, work at home options and the exodus from urban areas, many are contemplating small town life. Recently, I thought I found a job that could allow me to relocate back to my hometown in Gravenhurst. One catch, it required willingness to drive to Bracebridge. Many job […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — In the menacing clutches of an excavator claw, a large brown Teddy bear was dragged from a heap of debris today and dropped into an orange dumpster destined for a landfill. As operator Gary MacDonald deposited the huge shards of twisted metal, roof trusses, walls, wires and stuffies, Jamie […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Good news about Pfizer vaccines for kids 5 to 11 coming within “days” was countered locally today with fall high of 87 regional COVID cases — including 9 more in Muskoka. That’s the second day this week with as many in the northern half of the health unit’s reporting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — While kids vaccines are getting all the headlines today, local seniors aged 70 and + can get booster shots locally now — if you are 168 days from your second vaccine shot. According to a release today from the Algonquin Healthcare, their family health teams in Gravenhurst and Huntsville […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Every kid in Canada 5 to 11 can soon be vaccinated. Ottawa and Health Canada will make it official at 10 a.m. tomorrow at 10 a.m. meaning almost three million eligible little ones should start getting a children’s dose of Pfizer possibly Nov. 25. It’s part of lots of […]
WAHTA — Police have suspended their search for a missing woman here after a body was found here late yesterday morning. The OPP say they located human remains during a search for a missing person in Wahta Mohawk First Nation Wednesday morning. They say that at on Nov. 15, at 11 a.m., a 49-year-old Diana Kasper, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com WAHTA — Search efforts resumed here today for a missing Washago woman. Provincial police are asking for the public’s help locating the missing person in the area of Ragged Rapids Road in Wahta First Nations. Diana Kasper, 49, was last seen Friday, Nov. 12. Kasper is described as 5-foot-6, with shoulder-length […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Support local businesses, help your community and get great bargains from the comfort of your home starting this weekend. That’s when the Gravenhurst Rotary TV/Internet Auction kicks off pre-bidding for the Nov. 28 Sunday main afternoon live TV event. After more than three decades of delivering deals on Cable […]