Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — After almost 3,000 COVID cases last week in the region, Simcoe-Muskoka starts the week with 337 — including 66 in Muskoka over the weekend. The 2,988 cases to start off the first week of 2022 was down 16 per cent from the first week after Christmas. They are among […]
MUSKOKA — Two boys born Saturday are Muskoka’s first of 2022. The Gravenhurst and Huntsville residents arrived eight hours apart on Jan. 8. At South Muskoka Memorial Hospital, Andy Couling was born at 5:13 a.m., to first-time parents Melissa Switzer and Matt Couling, of Gravenhurst. Andy arrived at 8 pounds, 6 ounces. At the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital baby […]
STEPHEN RICHARDS | Special to MuskokaTODAY.com FICTION A man and a woman sit facing, knee to knee, in a dim lit room. Each holds a glass of Johnston’s Cranberry Splash Spritzer. The vintage Ronco vinyl phonograph plays “What a Wonderful World” and it’s skipping on the song’s title. The two are engrossed in conversation. Moonlight […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist The MP for Parry Sound-Muskoka recently spoke out about the labour shortage and seemed to make a link between local franchises like Tim Hortons being unable to attract workers and the government’s pandemic benefits. Scott Aitchison, the Conservative’s labour critic, doesn’t seem to believe Canadians can be trusted to receive […]
MUSKOKA — Environment Canada has forecasted extreme cold conditions for Muskoka, as wind chill values near -35° C are expected tonight and early Saturday morning. Decreasing temperatures can put everyone at risk for cold-related illness or injury, such as frostbite and hypothermia. The health unit says risks are greatest for those who are marginally housed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — COVID cases are up again in Muskoka and Simcoe today. The health unit reports that 41 of the 524 regional cases are in Muskoka. Including an outbreak among 5 residents at the Gravenhurst Manor on its main street. Yesterday the district and region were reported to have had 480 […]
HUNSTVILLE — A COVID patient outbreak in the south wing of the Huntsville District Memorial Hospital has been reported. Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) said last night that four patients tested positive for COVID-19 and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has placed the wing under “unit-specific COVID-19 outbreak status.” MAHC says in its release Thursday, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — COVID cases climbed back close to 500 today — including 27 in Muskoka. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 480 people testing positive in its daily update. That after reporting 362 region-wide yesterday. And another death in Simcoe. Provincially numbers rose to 13,330 from 11,582. There were 20 […]