Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A breath of fresh air for Ontario schools comes as Simcoe reports 4 new COVID cases. The province says it is investing $25 million for classroom air filters as students ready for a return to classes within weeks. That means all occupied classrooms, gyms, libraries and other instructional spaces […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A COVID outbreak of 10 cases at Muskoka Woods Camp comes as the health unit reports 9 new cases over the long weekend. Campers at the Rosseau summer camp were informed that this week’s overnight camp was closed. This as today Ontario reported 332 cases and 2 deaths the […]
MUSKOKA – Anyone 12 and older in Muskoka is invited to this week’s free walk-in vaccination clinics by the health unit. They are in Bracebridge at the Sportsplex and Huntsville at the Summit Centre. This as the province reported 332 new cases today and 2 deaths. But no cases in Simcoe or Muskoka. See the […]
HUNTSVILLE — Three people were arrested here Sunday in a police break and enter investigation. The OPP say that yesterday Aug. 1 detachment officers and the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit executed a search warrant on Susan Street West. There they arrested a trio of suspects. And upon further investigation: – 1 male was charged in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Police say they recovered a body this afternoon in relation to a missing canoeist investigation last Thursday on Sparrow Lake. They say officers with the assistance of the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) and OPP Aviation Services located the body Sunday, Aug. 1, at 12:30 p.m. Positive identification […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Natalia Hawthorn knew anything could happen in the Olympic heats. But she didn’t expect to be caught up in dramatic pileup heading in to the home stretch of the 1,500 metres tonight in second heat in Tokyo. The Bracebridge mid-distance runner got tangled up as she “looked like she […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Baseball’s back in town. And the Muskoka Hornets were gamely swinging for the fence this weekend in a three-game scheduled home-stand as the Ontario Baseball Association (OBA) made its return. It’s been years since provincial hardball playdowns have been played in Gravenhurst, says Hornets coach Cam Boyd. The Hornets […]
RUSTY DRAPER | Contributing columnist It seems I’ve been officially old for a long time. You might ask: “When does a person officially become old?” Mostly old is a state of mind, but in some cases it’s at 55 for others 60. In certain stores you can actually get a senior’s discount at this age. […]