Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The residents of Muskoka are being “very vigilant” in keeping COVID and its variant at bay. “And we hope they keep it that way,” Dr. Colin Lee, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s (SMDHU) associate medical officer of health, said today. In a Friday afternoon news briefing on the UK […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With Canada frowning on foreign flights due to rising variant fears, new numbers today in Simcoe-Muskoka show a man in Bracebridge and 36 people in Barrie among 65 new COVID cases today. And one more death in Simcoe. The Bracebridge resident — first diagnosed and reported for yesterday — […]
LAKE OF BAYS — Firefighters battled heavy fire and frigid temperatures last night to bring a house fire blaze under control last night. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire on Paint Lake Road at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. Crews from Baysville Station 40 with assistance from […]
BARRIE — Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) says late this afternoon that it has declared another COVID-19 outbreak on another inpatient unit. And that 42 people now have the corona-virus — and 6 people have died as a result. The Specialized Seniors Care Unit is in addition to the Integrated Stroke and Rehabilitation Unit […]
MUSKOKA — You can bank on the ‘Big 5’ banks to invest in fossil fuels, says Climate Action Muskoka (CAM). The activists group is joining forces with groups across Canada tomorrow to say ‘Fossil Banks? No Thanks!’ to Canada’s five largest banks. CAM is inviting everyone to call, fax, and email their local bank branches […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka men aged 18 to 79 are among today’s jump to 57 COVID cases. And four more deaths in the region — bringing that total to 138. Two residents in Bracebridge and one in Gravenhurst are being reported by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Thursday, Jan. 28, […]
GEORGIAN BAY — A project to help conserve habitat vital to the survival of 46 Canadian species at risk — such as the massasauga, the Blanding’s turtle and the midland painted turtle — is getting help from the federal government. Environment and Climate Change Canada Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced today that Ottawa will invest $1.95 […]
Colin Old |Special to MuskokaTODAY.com Developments in science that came to fruition in 2020 have brought a revolution to medicine. The year will be looked upon as a significant watershed. Top of mind is the dramatically enhanced method of producing vaccines, which for decades have taken years to create, receive approval from governing authorities and […]