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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A fourth vaccine coming possibly later this year has the health unit already planning how to re-arm you. “As we move towards a ‘learning to live with COVID-19’ approach,” Dr. Charles Gardner said today: “It does not mean that it is gone or that the pandemic is over. We […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Day 1 of unmasking looked a little different than yesterday. No longer the law, face covering were still evident on some faces, notably those remaining apprehensive about Monday’s mandate change. On the streets, the cautious kept them tight around their noses; freedom-seekers were ready to tan their lower cheeks; […]
HUNTSVILLE — An ATV rider missing since Friday was recovered from Lake Vernon yesterday. Police say they were called just after 6 p.m., March 18, to a home on Brennan Circle in Huntsville. Karel van Denheuvel hadn’t returned home after going out onto Lake Vernon on his all-terrain vehicle earlier in the day. Huntsville OPP […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — On the first day of spring, hope springs eternal for Parry Sound-Muskoka MP Scott Aitchison as he kicked off his official campaign for leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. “Canadians want leadership that restores hope in the future. Leadership that inspires us to fulfil that unwritten commandment that […]