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 […]
TORONTO — The province says “the disturbing increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths” means it will extend restrictive reopening orders to Feb. 19. In a release today, Sat. Jan. 16, it says the government, in consultation with the chief medical officer of health, is extending most orders currently in force under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It’s safe to drink town water again. The boil water advisory issued for the Town of Bracebridge Sunday Jan. 10 has been lifted by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). Effective Thursday, Jan. 14. Lab tests confirmed that the water is free from contamination and is safe to drink. As a precaution, residents […]
ORILLIA — Confused about what the cops will do if they see you outside your home this week in violation of the province’s stay-at-home order? Here’s the official word this afternoon — at least from the OPP — in a release from their provincial headquarters here in Orillia. They say they officers will enforce the […]