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, […]
Photos by Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s hard to picture a sunset not worth a thousand poems. And why a walk about the Muskoka Wharf is a golden opportunity to stare in to a gorgeous dusky abyss. A perambulate that’s as pleasing to the eyes of photographers craving to capture digital drama with […]
This could happen on any day and the time of day is really insignificant. It’s something we’ve all seen with a certain degree of delight. It’s the walking of a dog. It matters not the size of the animal. Some dogs come the size of a colt and others come so small they look more […]