Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — It’ll take a week after the election call for the slate of local federal candidates to be sorted out. But by at Monday we’ll know who MP Scott Aichison will face in his re-election bid Monday, Sept. 20. He’ll be up against a new line-up of party challengers […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — An overnight death in Simcoe today comes as the county sees 21 new COVID cases. The man, aged 45-64, was 1 of 2 people in the province reported to have died, as Ontario reported a surging 650 COVID cases. Public Health Ontario only counted 15 people with the virus […]
UTTERSON — Health and Ministry of Environment officials today are monitoring an algae outbreak here in Three Mile Lake. Residents and visitors to the Utterson area in Muskoka Lakes Township are being cautioned about a confirmed blue-green algae bloom impacting the north end of Hammell’s Bay. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) urges everyone […]
GRAVENHURST — A “very early” morning theft yesterday netted a thief a very large haul. Provincial police say they are investigating the theft of a 2020 Miska galvanized tri-axle dump trailer valued at more than $20,000. It bears the Ontario licence plate number S5927X. The trailer was stolen from a construction business located on Muskoka […]
GRAVENHURST — Two GTA men were in bail court today charged with trafficking in stolen goods after a complaint here late yesterday afternoon about people trying to sell generators from their car. Provincial police say a suspicious member of the public called them just before 5 p.m., Wednesday Aug. 18, and said two people in […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — Police charged two people here yesterday with impaired driving, after a Corvette hit a utility pole mid-afternoon and a Muskoka Lakes man was stopped in a RIDE check last night. Provincial police charged a Toronto woman after they say her Corvette hit a telephone pole. Officers responded to the collision on Peninsula […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Put in context the fourth wave is far worse than the first three — with almost three quarters of Canadians fully vaccinated. That’s as Simcoe-Muskoka reported 28 new cases today and 17 on Wednesday. Thursday’s cases were: Huntsville woman, 65-79, who had travelled and reported Aug. 18 after first […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Stuck on Step 3. That’s Ontario with 99 per cent of rising COVID cases Delta variants. And Simcoe-Muskoka marred in flagging vaccinations among young residents. This as Dr. Kieran Moore still predicts a “difficult” fourth wave fall, says Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner, his regional […]