BRACEBRIDGE — A disturbance call last night at a north end main street motel led a police to shoot and kill one dog and taser another “due to concerns for officer safety.” The OPP say that at 9 p.m., Dec. 28, officers responded to reports of a disturbance and mischief at the motel at the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Christmas Eve was muted much as last. Some church congregations gathered in limited numbers with services pale by past years’ celebrations — perhaps more meaningful and prayerful given COVID’s long two years. And to them still hopeful that Omicron won’t prove to be as deadly and sickly and stressful […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — On the eve of what’s meant to bring hope, this year’s new beginning is more like the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Simcoe-Muskoka hit another record at 298 cases today and Ontario nearing 10,000. Muskoka’s share is 18 cases Friday — ending the week at more than […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — “Confirmed cases underestimate the true number of people with COVID-19 infection in Simcoe Muskoka.” That’s the official word today out of the health unit, as they report another record day with 229 cases. Yesterday there were 197. Ten of them are in Muskoka — Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Huntsville. “The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s a day of firsts. Record numbers that bluntly paint another bleak picture locally, including 19 new cases in Muskoka reported today: 197 cases today are the most in one day Simcoe-Muskoka has seen; 17,931 total confirmed cases is 1,081 more than last week, which is the largest week-over-week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A little $5 check valve looks to be the cause of a recent water shut down here. And not a mislabelled fluoride drum that helped lead to a four-day water scare due to “low” levels of the chemical routinely added to prevent tooth decay. That was the early, preliminary […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — It’s beginning to look a lot like … Christmas is going to be a lot like last year — and possibly worse in the days leading up to Saturday. Home for the holidays is again the sound of the season as Omicron cases climb faster than Dasher and Donner […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Hundreds lined up here this morning for walk-in booster shots. No going online to book an appointment. But the wait was at least two hours after the Shoppers Drug Mart opened at 8 a.m. The line-up circled the store, down Muskoka Road, around and down on to James Street […]