Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Looking for a chance to spread your wings without impacting your friends and loved ones? Saturday at Gull Lake Rotary Park the Georgian Bay Rowing Club is hosting a regatta with rowers from across Ontario. The Muskoka Fall Classic is a great opportunity to experience the feel of the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Voting got underway today — and “no,” you don’t need a vaccine passport to cast your ballot for the advance polls on this weekend. But you should have at least one — if not two — by now. However, expect line-ups as normal COVID health and safety protocols […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The unvaccinated Green Party candidate going door-to-door says he’s “not anti-vaccine.” And he “might get it eventually.” We caught up with Marc Mantha yesterday as he was delivering food for Gravenhurst Against Poverty. And we asked him why. “That’s absolutely right,” he said without hesitation. “The reason is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Local COVID cases were down this week with the health unit ending its five-day reporting period with 131 people testing positive. Including 2 in Muskoka on Friday. They were among 35 reported by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). That’s a big drop from 203 cases last week. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three dozen COVID cases today include 4 from Muskoka. The health unit says two each are from Huntsville and Muskoka Lakes. Huntsville boy, 0-17, is under investigation after reporting Sept. 8 with a first episode Sept. 7 Huntsville man, 18-34, had close contact, and reported it Sept. 8 with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — The fight for the right — to represent this riding. That’s how it looks today 11 days out from the federal election, Sept. 20. As advance polling starts tomorrow, there are few visible signs of a campaign in progress. No wonder voters are left to fend for themselves […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The home where a woman died last week in a multiplex fire had not been inspected by the fire department, says the town’s new fire chief. Nor had it a “history of complaints or enquiries,” says the incoming CAO. Mayor Paul Kelly was even unaware of the home before […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 35 COVID cases today — 2 of them in Muskoka — the head of the health unit is “concerned” Simcoe-Muskoka has caught up with Ontario in the number of cases per 100,000 population. Dr. Charles Gardner says for most of the pandemic the region has run about half […]