Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With 25 per cent of kids in the region now vaccinated, the health unit is now opening its doors and booking booster shots for residents at 70+. Starting at 8 a.m. on Dec. 13, individuals aged 50 years and older will also be eligible for the booster and can […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With almost 100 COVID cases regionally today and the Omicron variant on the rise, residents are being asked to keep to themselves inside this month. Not a bad idea considering the weather. However, 4 cases Tuesday in Muskoka (92 in Simcoe) are hardly cause to celebrate after a dozen […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two people are dead and five others are suffering suspected drug overdoses that have police investigating incidents Thursday to Saturday. They say the Muskoka Crime Unit and the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit are working under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) following the fatalities between Dec. 2 and 6. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With Ontario the most affected Omicron provinces, Simcoe-Muskoka reports 236 Delta cases over the weekend. Twelve of them are in Muskoka: Gravenhurst woman, 35-44, under investigation, reported Dec. 5, first episode Dec. 3 Bracebridge woman, 35-44, under investigation, reported Dec. 4, first episode Dec. 3 Gravenhurst woman, 35-44, under […]
LOIS COOPER | MuskokaTODAY.com I am heartened by comments on the probability of the return of the Northlander from John Cooper (no relation): “Chances are somewhere between very slim, to none!” He appears to have both feet on the ground. With my 10 years experience running the Train Station in Gravenhurst from 1992-2002 (very successfully) here […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist The following might qualify as a hyperbole. (Much like most of my stories.) Growing up in Gravenhurst there always seemed to be a great deal of friction between my hometown and Bracebridge, just 10 miles north. I don’t know when or why these ill feelings germinated, but I’m sure it […]
TARA COLLUM | Contributing columnist At the start of last January, Bracebridge’s five-day boil water advisory was called “the most extraordinary water incident” in the history of Muskoka. Last weekend Gravenhurst had a water incident of its own, first when the district issued first a do-not-use advisory, which was soon downgraded to a boil water […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — With Simcoe-Muskoka one of the most affected COVID regions, its medical officer of health is order tougher local measures. After closing Spruce Glen elementary school this week — and with 106 cases today — Dr. Charles Gardner says “dramatic increases” over the past six weeks mean he is willing […]