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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another day, another number worth worrying about after a few days when it looked like the tide has turned. Twenty per cent of today’s declining regional COVID cases were in Muskoka. That’s 5 of 25, according to updated reports this afternoon from the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit. As usual, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — No matter who’s counting — COVID’s days are numbered. This morning the province reported 4 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka. This afternoon the health unit says it’s 13 — with a man in Gravenhurst aged 35-44 who had close contact after being reported yesterday with a first episode June 3. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The Ontario Fire College (OFC) may be closed and the OPP’s neighbouring canine training centre went to the dogs over a year ago. Now it’s anchors aweigh for the police marine training centre at the same north-end waterfront site, which closed its doors to firefighters in March. This is […]
GRAVENHURST — Two local drivers face impaired charges after police RIDE checks here on Bay Street — including one late last night. Provincial police report that on Monday June 7, at 11 p.m., officers were conducting a RIDE check program when they say a vehicle attempted to flee upon seeing police. Officers were able to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Dozens of Muskoka’s largest spawning fish have been dumped and found rotting in the south branch of the Muskoka River near the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) station. And Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) officials are looking for help from witnesses in finding the poachers. Conservation officers located […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three weekend Muskoka COVID cases come as the province plans to reopen the economy further Friday. The two young women and man are among 32 people testing positive according to the health unit this afternoon. Public Health Ontario reporting just 25 cases this morning. They are: Gravenhurst woman, 18-34, […]