Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Year 2 of the pandemic begins with no new cases in Muskoka — but 45 in Simcoe today. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says all of the cases for Thursday March 12 are south of the Severn River, including 1 each in Severn Township and Orillia. The health […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two men caught with trout on Christmas were charged with illegal fishing. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) says the Huntsville residents were fined a total of $1,800 after getting caught fishing trout during the closed season. They say Clint Wood pleaded guilty and was fined $1,150 for angling brook trout […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ross Ashforth’s recent passing late last month is being remembered by local horticulturalists. The former town treasurer and member of the Gravenhurst Horticultural Society (GHS) died Feb. 23 at the age of 95. He loved his home on Clairmont Road and lovingly tended to his garden in back, which […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — On National Pandemic Observance Day and as the region marked the one-year anniversary of its — and the province’s — first death today, Huntsville added three more COVID cases. That brings to 15 the number of cases in the town this week — and its total account in a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The health unit says this morning that as Ontario moves to four-month interval between the vaccine doses, all second dose appointments that were booked with shorter intervals are cancelled. They will provide details “in the near future” about how to book a new appointment for your second dose. The […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A bank lockdown yesterday afternoon ended after a man was charged with causing a disturbance and making phone threats after being asked to leave. Police say that on Wednesday March 10 at 4 p.m., they got a 911 call on Muskoka Road 118 West. A customer was told to leave after employees claim […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSOKA — Local social services can help house, feed and keep utilities on with more than $2.1 million from the province. MPP Norman Miller says in a release today that hard-hit residents suffering from COVID-19 fallout will benefit from in provincial funding to help keep vulnerable people in Parry Sound-Muskoka safe during COVID-19. The […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more people in Huntsville, two in Bracebridge and 35 in Simcoe amounted to 39 positive COVID tests in the region. And 37 of them are variants of concern, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health reports on its website today. The 4 Muskoka cases were all reported March 9 with […]