GRAVENHURST — As Canada surpasses the halfway mark in completely vaccinated citizens, the health unit is offering more pop-up clinics open to any Muskoka resident who needs a first or second jab. Monday next, July 19, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit nurses, paramedics and volunteers will be inside on the Gravenhurst Centennial Centre arena floor. No […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit today is reporting two new cases in Simcoe after none yesterday. Both are 17 or under and are from Midland (July 12) and Innisfil (July 10). There were no cases in Muskoka. Public Health Ontario said this morning that Simcoe-Muskoka had no new cases. But this […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Another drowning, this morning, is the latest in a string of water fatalities in Muskoka this summer. Emergency services were called to a seasonal residence on Mortimers Point Road in Muskoka Lakes Twp. Tuesday at 8:10 a.m. It is located between Bala and Glen Orchard and east […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Prison contraband worth more than $100,000 destined for Beaver Creek inmates has been seized by police and correctional service officers. Provincial police say today that last Wednesday OPP with its Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit and the Beaver Creek Correctional Institute officers confiscated multiple packages containing the contraband and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — And then there was none. Today the province and health unit report no new COVID cases in the region as Ontario prepares to move to Step 3 of its recovery Friday. Lest we get ahead of ourselves, it’s not the first time since the virus emerged in Simcoe last […]
Tara Collum | Contributing columnist It can be difficult making friends in a small town. It can be even more difficult when you’re extremely shy. Unfortunately, I wasn’t just shy, I experienced anxiety and depression. These issues made it difficult to make friends, and made school challenging. In high school things became so difficult I […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Who better than teachers to help educate kids and the public to take more action on the climate crisis in Muskoka? At noon today a new initiative was launched at the weekly Friday Climate Strike in Memorial Park. The Muskoka Chapter of the Retired Teachers of Ontario (RTO/ERO) is supporting Climate Action Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Ontario prepares to move to Stage 3 of its recovery next Friday, Simcoe and Muskoka are each reporting just one COVID case today. The province is making the move five days ahead of the originally scheduled opening July 21. That’s 16 days after the Stage 2 opening on […]