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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Rotarian Bill Towns would have been proud. At the Bracebridge Rotary Club’s virtual meeting Friday, members celebrated the renaming of the club’s Citizen of the Year award while announcing its first recipient, Evelyn Archibald. Rotary recognized the lifetime contributions to volunteerism of William E. Towns in honouring his memory. He […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A week to watch begins with 5 new Muskoka COVID cases among 99 the health unit is reporting since Friday’s lockdown announcement. Dr. Charles Gardner is chief among those looking at what the numbers mean and where they’re headed. The medical officer of health for Simcoe-Muskoka, who has come […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Four vaccination clinics are now open across the region — with 225 people booked in to the Active Living Centre in Huntsville today. And a waiting list, as the province reports 39 local cases this morning. While most welcome the injection sites, not everyone is happy about the number […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Public, political and business attacks on the medical officer — that even got personal — led him today to provide his “rationale” for recommending a local lockdown tomorrow. Dr. Charles Gardner went on Facebook this afternoon to respond to more than “100” email complaints he has received by phone […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Cases may be down to just 20 Sunday, reports the province, but a rise in variants is behind tomorrow’s return to stay-at-home orders says the health unit. Simcoe-Muskoka has the “highest number of variants of concern (VOCs) in Ontario.” The province reported 1,062 cases (20 deaths) — down from […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — A driver stuck a driveway during the night is stuck with an impaired driving charge. Police say that early today, Feb. 28 at 2:35 a.m., they got an anonymous tip about a vehicle stuck in a driveway on Muskoka Road 118 West in Muskoka Lakes. Officers arrested and charged 23-year-old Konrad McQuilter, […]