Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSOKA — Dr. Charles Gardner is taking the blame for the the province’s red-grey-red run-around. He says they are “in keeping with recommendations I provided to (Ontario’s) Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams.” In a letter “to the people whose work and businesses were affected by the lockdown in Simcoe […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Keeping up with COVID is a minute by minute job. News changes and spreads faster than variants. No sooner do you learn Muskoka has two more cases, than you learn Simcoe-Muskoka is moving back in to the ‘red zone’ Monday — a week after leaving it to the delight […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — While small businesses and individuals struggle with COVID, the province is providing more than $4.1 million to help municipalities across Parry Sound-Muskoka deal with pandemic-related operating costs. The money isn’t meant to hand out individually to residents or businesses. They say in a release this afternoon that the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst woman is among 34 COVID cases the health unit is reporting today. She is 65 to 79 years of age, under investigation and was first reported March 2 with an initial episode of March 1. All the other cases are in Simcoe. The province said there were […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Business concerns about COVID lockdowns are real. Thankfully Arvin Gumlati hasn’t had any corona virus cases at his Harvey’s/Swiss Chalet restaurant with all his many safety protocols for staff and customers. “It’s safe to come here.” But he’s only doing drive-thru service, because he can’t have indoor-dining or takeout. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskoka had no COVID cases today, Simcoe had 18 or 36 depending on which site you go to — and Toronto and Peel are battling over grey zone designations as variants rise. Needless to say needles are the real story of the day no matter your age or where […]
HUNTSVILLE — A local landlord has been fined almost $1,000 for failing to provide smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in some rental units on its main street after a fire last Thursday. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department says in a release that firefighter inspected a property on Main Street West Feb. 25 and fire […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — In the race for public attention COVID, VOCs, vaccines and lockdown criticism are running neck-and-neck at the wire — with injection sites ahead by a nose. Case counts are the track odds, Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca are the horses and the public is wagering on the latter three. A […]