Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka cases ranging in age from under 17 to 80+ are among a growing number of 63 residents with positive coronavirus tests today. No wonder Ontario is putting a halt to lifting of capacity limits in higher-risk settings like night clubs and wedding receptions, strip clubs, sex clubs […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Yesterday’s First Street fire that burned a home with two apartments is under investigation. But it is not considered suspicious at this time, says Fire Chief Jared Cayley. He says in a release almost 24 hours later, that damage to the property, which is insured by owner Dave Cruise, is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When the “Great War” ended 103 years ago tomorrow, word spread around the world thanks to two Gravenhurst soldiers. Sam Scott and his “sidekick” Billy Waite strung the telegraph wire from the rail car in northern France where the German surrender and Armistice signing took place on Nov. 11, […]
GRAVENHURST — A woman attacked by a dog yesterday was taken to hospital for treatment of her injuries. Provincial police were called to a home on Bethune Drive South Monday at 4 p.m. They say the woman was visiting when she was “attacked by a dog.” And that she was in the company of children outside […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Another fire at a First Street apartment building late this afternoon has left three more people homeless a block from where a fatal fire in late August claimed a woman’s life. Firefighters were once again called to the corner of Phillip Street — a few blocks from their Station […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War is a mystery to most. Not so much for Judy Humphries. The Gravenhurst archivist is deeply entrenched in war stories. Never more so than annually this week of November. Her research and history of local veterans and their stories is unparalleled. She has not only laboured long and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — While there are no new cases today in Muskoka, 34 residents of Simcoe County tested positive yesterday. They bring the region’s total number of cases this week to 50. Last week on this day there were 42 cases for the first two days of the week. That led to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Seventy of the 103 COVID local cases this weekend were unvaccinated. Two dozen were fully vaccinated and 8 partially vaccinated. And of the more than 100 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka since Friday, 3 of them were Muskokans: Huntsville boy, under 18, is under investigation after reporting Saturday, with a first […]