GRAVENHURST — A pair of snowmobilers out early yesterday were charged by police after one of them fled and crashed his sled. OPP say they spotted the two Jan 24 just before 4 a.m., and were able to safely stop one of the drivers before the other one fled on the snowmobile trail. The one […]
GRAVENHURST — Winter’s return — after a welcome holiday break — means making turning lemons in to lemonade. Or for a creative soul like 10-year-old Jessie Noble it’s creating a cool snowperson. With a great big jaunty black top hat with a sprig of red and green ivy — that lights up and blinks at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another suspected case of the United Kingdom variant outside Barrie shows “the very real possibility it is circulating in community,” Dr. Charles Gardner said today. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) was informed late yesterday by Public Health Ontario Laboratory of an additional individual with the United Kingdom […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The health unit is “concerned” a COVID-19 variant “will spread into our community and into other long-term and retirement homes.” “Barrie has become ground zero for what is likely a COVID-19 variant of concern, which has spread rapidly throughout Roberta Place and we are concerned that it will […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The devastating COVID outbreak at a Barrie LTC has driven cases to triple digits today. And no vaccines were distributed yesterday. The health unit reports 112 cases — all in the Simcoe and none in Muskoka. They date back a week to Jan. 14. The Roberta Place outbreak, which […]
SLEMIN, Joan (nee Lowe) On January 19, 2021, age 100, Joan Slemin passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Guelph. Beloved wife of the late Dick, cherished mother of Elaine Caldwell (Jim), Randy Slemin (Teresa), and the late Kate Slemin. Adoring Bubba to Chris and Kelly Caldwell, Jeff and Beth Slemin, Heather Alison […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more Muskoka people are among 88 cases of COVID being reported today by the health unit. And 9 new deaths in the region since yesterday, all in Simcoe, for a total of 101. Three of them have been in Muskoka. One of the new cases is a Bracebridge […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A major COVID outbreak at Roberta Place may have been caused by the first variant strain in the region early testing shows. Dozens of cases that began last Friday at the LTC home that have led to at least eight deaths are being investigated further and the results are […]