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 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A day after a COVID outbreak ended at The Pines, two staff members of the retirement and LTC home were sent home today after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. It is the fifth outbreak at the home since Aug. 30. This after just last Saturday, Jan. 16, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A young Bracebridge woman is among an encouraging number of new COVID cases being reported by the health unit today, which date back to Boxing Day. The other 46 of 47 cases were all in Simcoe and come a day after 79 cases were reported on Tuesday. She is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSOKA — A Barrie LTC outbreak of 87 confirmed and unconfirmed reports among staff and residents contributed to today’s COVID count to 79. None of which are in Muskoka in Tuesday Jan. 19 reporting. However 16 new deaths have been reported the past week, including 13 at long-term care residents, including […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fears about police enforcing stay-at-home orders are real — if rare. A young woman in Gravenhurst was stopped on the main street Saturday night by three officers, one of whom told her “being homeless is no excuse” for not staying-in-place and being on the street instead of where she […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Has the lockdown since Boxing Day helped? Some numbers hint at that. But a deeper dive makes it difficult to determine as the sometimes dizzying array of numbers are all over the map as to when and where cases happened and the dates that they are sometimes untimely reported […]