Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With today the last official day for vaccine passports, Simcoe-Muskoka reports 243 confirmed cases over the weekend. As of Tuesday Ontario will no longer require you to show your QR code with proof of vaccination —though some restaurants, bars or other public facilities may still require them. Premier Doug […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — This weekend’s On the Pond hockey tournament was a spirited affair — on and off the ice — as players battled hard for the puck and celebrated the 16th annual North American Cup championship. And while the Duncan Veitch Spirit Award goes to the team “with the most enthusiasm, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The wildly popular GAP has done it again. Hundreds walked the walks here this afternoon to help raise more than $170,000 in pledges by mid-afternoon, according to their growing website count. A record haul for its fourth year that more than doubled last year’s also record total. Call it […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Get out your snowshoes, hiking boots, skis … tomorrow for the Coldest Night of the Year charity walks in north and south Muskoka. The temperature won’t be bad — a balmy -3 degrees or so — with chance of flurries. But, hey, this is February and we’re used to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Face it — masks are here to stay. Don’t ditch your favourite one that was hand-made or bears a logo you like. Not even as provinces begin pulling back on the certain curtain. That’s the message today from Dr. Theresa Tam, who says: “Whether your jurisdiction requires it or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKKOA — Another rise in COVID cases locally today sees 46 more people infected. The 133 cases Thursday follow 87 Wednesday. Two more people in Simcoe also died, both community-related: a man 65-79 who died Feb. 18 and a woman 80+ who died Feb. 21. There are now 397 people who […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com LAKE OF BAYS — A snowmobiler was airlifted to hospital in Toronto late this morning after hitting a tree near Oxtongue Lake. Provincial police say this afternoon that they were dispatched at 10:40 a.m., Feb. 24, to a report of a snowmobile crash on Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) trail […]
PORT SYDNEY — A police vehicle parked on Hwy. 11 NB yesterday afternoon for an earlier accident investigation was struck and the officer was taken to hospital. Police say that officers were investigating an accident involving two transports and a cube van that happened near Greer Road about 1 a.m. Wednesday, when a commercial vehicle […]