Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As Ottawa protesters were arrested today, a reefer truck full of “Yellow Gold” PEI potatoes is en route to Muskoka for a poutine party tomorrow morning. Rotarians from Bracebridge, Gravenhurst, Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes will be at offloading 4,000 10-pound bags for distribution to local food banks. And fear […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And now the end is near …? Not for the pandemic, but for capital city protesters in the impending and impeding days. As Ottawa police tighten their perimeter around Parliament, local public health officials in Simcoe-Muskoka report 150 COVID cases today. Including 2 more community deaths in Simcoe: A […]
STEPHEN RICHARDS | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com FICTION Episode 5, Part 3 – the missing chapter Later that day, Hotels and dance halls, Dorset Bart Neely, his Maine Coon cat named Desmond, and Claire Mont-Marque (eClaire to his friends), are receiving a walking tour from a local guide and historian Alfred Crowbar Jones. They are in […]
GRAVENHURST — A missing Jeep reported stolen this morning has police on the lookout. They say the owner called at 6:45 a.m. to say she noticed the vehicle was stolen on Vincent Avenue in Gravenhurst, off Muskoka Road North in the Knister subdivision. She said the green 2013 Jeep Wrangler, with licence plate number BSXR808, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 9 Muskokans in hospital today with COVID a “high risk” remains of more people being infected, says Dr. Charles Gardner. And as the province lifts more restrictions, including at restaurants tomorrow, he says “transmission can happen in those settings. “And people need to be aware of that and […]
STEPHEN RICHARDS | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com FICTION Episode 6, Part 1 900 million years ago The first multicellular life develops around this time as single-celled creatures formed colonies of many individuals called “Hekkle’s” 800 million years ago In the asteroid belt as members of the Muskoka asteroid family, meteors break away targeting various places on Earth and the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The hill in front of the Barge would make a great toboggan run right now. But Rotarians hope to soon turn it in to seating for the popular summer concert venue at Gull Lake Rotary Park. Dave Reid, vice chair of the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s 85th anniversary special projects […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As light appears at the end of some very dark COVID-19 tunnels, 239 regional cases are being reported by local public health (136 according to Public Health Ontario). And 5 deaths in Simcoe: Female 80+, Simcoe, outbreak, DOD – Feb. 11 Male 65-79, Simcoe, community, DOD – Feb 11 […]