Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — It’s open season on golf courses and at skateboard parks and for outdoor gatherings of five people Saturday of this long weekend in Ontario. And on June 14 things could open up more if vaccines bring COVID cases down. It’s all part of their three-step Roadmap to Reopen plan […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Family and friends of Justin Evans are reporting that the body of the young man — who has been missing since Dec. 12 — was found by a hiker yesterday near his home in Kilworthy. His reported cousin, Marj Giordanella shared this “latest family update” post on Facebook: “On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Consider yesterday a reprieve, respite or pre-holiday holiday. Or simple statistical anomaly. Whatever, today’s COVID numbers put to rest Wednesday’s decent descent in cases when there were 51 — all in Simcoe. So much for that. This afternoon the health unit reports 60 more (the province said it was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — The gift that keeps on giving will benefit seven of nine groups that applied for special community endowment funding. A citizen committee recommended $25,000 from the town’s Terrence Haight assistance fund go to projects for kids, mental health, GAP, Ryde Co-op and $1,000 for something called Safe Quiet Lakes. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Human remains found by a hiker here yesterday are being investigated by multiple police units. Provincial police are asking the public’s help with the mysterious case. They say that on Wednesday, May 19, shortly before 3 p.m., they got a 911 call after a hiker discovered the remains while […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst firefighters rushed to brush and grass fires Sunday and Monday highlighting the ‘high’ forest fire rating that local fire chiefs announced this week. They say in a joint release that due to drying conditions in the district and little rain in the forecast, the Muskoka Association of Fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If getting back to normal means no cases in Muskoka and 51 in Simcoe, then we’re there today. By all accounts that’s where the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is at as of Wednesday, May 19 — as these are the kinds of numbers we reported a year […]
GRAVENHURST — As hopes are up for a healthier summer, so too are flags flying at full mast thanks to local Lions. The club’s annual Canadian flag program is under way and the maple leafs fluttering in the breeze are a welcome return and brightening the main street. This signature project of the service organization […]