Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Forty new cases in Simcoe show the growing extent of the coronavirus as the greater public clamour for vaccinations becomes deafening — defining and more dividing. This as CBC late Friday afternoon reported that Premier Doug Ford has reversed himself on vaccine passports and that the province will institute […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BALA — Business may not have been great the past 20 months, but it’s great businesses that know how to survive if not thrive. And celebrate. More than 80 business people and community members from around the lakes were able to finally gather last night for the first in-person Muskoka Lakes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 30 more local cases today — including 1 in Huntsville — the region’s medical officer of health says “it would be prudent for the province to consider and further investigate the potential for” a vaccine certification or verification approach. Dr. Charles Gardner said in statement released today through […]
BALA — Missed milestones are being marked here tonight at Trinity All Saints Church. Lost in the past 20 months have not only been celebrations of life, but opportunities to mark significant other timely events. The church, itself, is 100 years old. And as part of the special Muskoka Lakes Chamber of Commerce after hours […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A pop-up vaccine clinic in Gravenhurst today was cancelled due to heat and threat of rain. Officials at the Farmers’ Market at the Muskoka Wharf, where “thousands” were on hand for the weekly sale, were expecting the health unit to be on hand from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
KILWORTHY — “Yes!” Adam Samms said “yes” to Encore and “Yes!” when his dad told him he’d won $100,000 in a Lotto Max draw. The 41-year-old recycling industry worker, who matched the last six of seven ENCORE numbers in exact order, says it was his dad who discovered his June 1 win. “I was preoccupied with something […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Forget the fourth wave. A crime wave is sweeping across town here. Right here in Muskoka River city. In the heart of town right where the new nearby MUCC community centre, library, rink and sports fields are planned in a year’s time. And the culprits? A band of people on bicycles and ATVs, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Memo to wannabe cottagers: Please see related story about John Cleese on MuskokaTODAY.com. And be advised: If the on golden pond price seems too good to be true … it probably is. Local coppers have received several complaints from people who have been victimized by online cottage rental scams. They say scammers are […]