Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Almost a third of local COVID cases the past week have been among school-aged children under 12. Thirty-one per cent were aged 4 to 11, said Dr. Charles Gardner. Six alone today were ineligible for the vaccine due to their age. And a recent death of a youth in […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another day without a reported COVID case in Muskoka comes with 19 more in Simcoe. And 52 cases the first three days this week. The familiar pattern throughout the pandemic comes as Ontario remained under and Quebec over 500 cases Wednesday. Ontario had 476 cases and 10 deaths and […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With no cases in Muskoka — and 14 in Simcoe — COVID may no exactly be on the run locally. But it’s nice to see a bit of a reprieve — if not least for a day. As well, with no new hospitalizations today — and only 7 in […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Forty regional COVID cases over the weekend — half of them yesterday — come as Ontario Premier Doug Ford promises about $9 billion for LTCs, nurses and PSWs the next decade. A man in Bracebridge, aged 45-64, with close contact was the only Muskoka person to test positive. He […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Half of this week’s 78 COVID cases were in the past two days. And 3 of them were in Muskoka, reports the health unit Friday after a day off reporting due to the new National Day of Truth and Reconciliations yesterday. The Muskoka cases, none of which reported the […]

HONEY HARBOUR —  What’s the buzz here this weekend? Jennifer Schnier, director of sustainability for the Township of Georgian Bay, says it’s their annual Honey Bee Virtual and Hybrid Festival all day Saturday, Oct. 2. An outdoor and online celebration of the sweet life in Georgian Bay Township. Events | Honeybeefestival It’s a chance to […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Students here paused at 2:15 p.m. this afternoon to mark the 215 Indigenous children whose graves were found in Kamloops this spring. Many wore orange as part of ‘Orange Shirt Day’ on the first Truth and Reconciliation day — a new national federal holiday. The learning experience was part […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Expect a wave of orange tomorrow as Canadians coast to coast to coast will be donning shirts for a new federal statutory holiday. Sept. 30 is already Orange Shirt Day, but this year it will be recognized as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Schools especially will be […]