Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Parry Sound and Muskoka were once part of the same health unit. Now it’s up to its MPP to speak up for the riding on two separate fronts after separation sent one half of residents north, the other half south. This morning in the provincial legislature Norman Miller urged […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Gravenhurst man who contracted the COVID virus the past few days through travel is the only Muskoka resident to test positive in today’s local public health reporting. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 42 other cases in Simcoe. The Gravenhurst man, who is between the ages of […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A two-year joint investigation between the province and the district has led to 9 charges against a water works worker who has been fired. The District of Muskoka began investigating March 2019 in to the “conduct of an employee,” says a release today. They say the employee was immediately […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The province has announced the ages and dates when you can get a vaccination. General (Ret.) Rick Hillier, chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, explained the roll-out this morning on booking an appointment online and by phone. The local health unit will announce its own details tomorrow […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Rising variant cases — including 9 now in Muskoka — are creating “worrisome” trend that could lead to a return to lockdown in Simcoe-Muskoka. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon that he is “seriously thinking” of recommending a return to stay-at-home orders to provincial health officials who have the […]

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You’ll know by Thursday where two Muskoka vaccinations clinics will open next week for those aged 85 and older. They are part of a dozen sites local public health is setting up Monday, March 1, to inoculate residents and high-risk workers. Medical officer of health Dr. Charles Gardner said […]

TORONTO — MPP Norman Miller’s Private Member’s Bill, Bill 228, Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario’s Lakes and Rivers Act, 2020 will be debated later this afternoon in the Ontario legislature. It should begin at 5 p.m. or shortly thereafter. To watch it live go to https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/video  

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a vaccine message from doctors who say: “Don’t call us we’ll call you,” 29 regional variant reports emerged today. This as Muskoka COVID cases also mounted with 3 more women testing COVID positive — two in Huntsville and one in Muskoka Lakes. Simcoe accounted for 58 of today’s […]