Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another half dozen Muskoka COVID cases today — all likely Omicron — are among 159 regional cases being reported by the health unit. This as word spreads that Omicron is an airborne spreader. Dr. Steini Brown, co-chair of the Science Advisory Table, confirmed today that the most up-to-date modelling […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Omicron’s here. It’s “very hazardous” and it’s going to get worse “in the weeks ahead.” That’s the blunt message from Dr. Charles Gardner today as he reported 26 cases of the new variant in the region — including 4 “very likely” in Muskoka. That has hospitals “very concerned” about […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — I had a rapid test yesterday morning — and got my booster shot in the afternoon. Today I picked up rapid test kits from the Gravenhurst Chamber of Commerce — enough to get me through the holidays. I’m asymptomatic and I passed my test in 15 minutes. So I’m […]
HUNTSVILLE — A local woman left home for a rich reason. Ursula Lavalley, of Huntsville, went to Toronto, to pick up a cheque for $100,000. Lavalley, 77, won the top prize in a government INSTANT HOLIDAY MAGIC game, No. 2284. A regular lottery player, this is her first big win. “I felt shaky and very happy!” she told lottery […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With health officials on both sides of the Atlantic urging a “call for arms” and citing the “grave threat” of Omicron 96 local cases is the new norm. A half dozen of today’s cases are in Muskoka. And by all accounts they are most likely Omicron. No wonder Ontario’s […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 211 regional cases over the weekend — 14 in Muskoka — the floodgates are reopen again. In Canada and around the world COVID is going to get much worse before Christmas, experts say. And soon you’ll definitely know people who have been expected. You won’t be able to […]
PORT SYDNEY — Police are searching for a missing person and are asking for the public’s assistance. Fred Herensberger, 53, was last seen Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at 4:20 p.m. in Port Sydney. He was walking on West Point Sands Road toward Mary Lake. Herensberger was wearing a kaki-coloured jacket and carrying a white/yellowish canoe. […]
TORRANCE — A 26-year-old MacTier man died late last night after a snowmobiling accident. Police, fire and paramedics responded to the single vehicle snow vehicle collision on Friday, Dec. 10, at 11 p.m. on East Black Lake Road in Muskoka Lakes Township. They say the sled was travelling west on East Black Lake Road when […]