Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Break out the patio lanterns. A dreary Friday didn’t dampen enthusiasm for Ontarians who were happy to sit this one out — outdoors. Thanks to another zero sum gain for Muskoka, as Simcoe was stuck with all 26 of the region’s COVID cases. That’s just over a third of […]
HUNTSVILLE — Lockdown restrictions may be lifted today, but limits on large gatherings still exist. A group of 18 found that the hard way yesterday when they amassed almost $16,000 in fines. Provincial police said Friday that officers charged them late Thursday afternoon. They say that on June 10, at 5:30 p.m., officers responded to […]
MINDEN — An auto accident here has led to numerous charges including impaired driving, drugs and illegal firearms possession against a Gravenhurst man. Provincial police from the Haliburton OPP laid the charges after a single-vehicle collision. They say that on Wednesday, June 9, officers responded to a single vehicle collision on Gelert Road in Minden […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Can the orange and the green topple the blue? Or can the reds come up the middle? That’s the scenario shaping up for a year from now as the NDP, Greens and Liberals take aim again at MPP Norm Miller in the June 2, 2022 provincial election in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A better day on local COVID fronts. Only 8 cases in Simcoe — and none in Muskoka. That’s according to the health unit this afternoon, a number that’s half the 16 the province reported this morning. As importantly is the region has surpassed 60 per cent of residents with […]
I’ve been having a lot of conversations about the mass burial site in Kamloops. My friends and family are discussing what we did and didn’t learn in school about Indigenous history. Issues close to home require a lot of thought and reflection that go beyond an angry tweet, or reposting a meme. One story that’s […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A budding young Grade 6 poet here has helped the Muskoka Habitat for Humanity affiliate raise $11,700 for a Bala build next spring. He was a runner-up in a national contest in which 170 local kids submitted entries to the queston: “What does home mean to you?” A record 12,000 students from grades […]
SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The local labour council is helping a post-secondary student continue her education by awarding her its first scholarship. The North Simcoe Muskoka District Labour Council (NSMDLC) will assist Samira Schenker, of Magnetewan, who is in her second year at the University of Ottawa, with a $500 grant. “We know how financially out-of-reach post-secondary […]