GRAVENHURST — A novice driver faces four charges — including impaired driving — after being stopped in the middle of the night today. Police on patrol here on Bethune Drive south at 2:20 a.m. Jan. 12 stopped a car for a traffic infraction. They say the man was driving while prohibited. As a result of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As tougher new Ontario state of emergency measures kick at midnight tomorrow (for 28 days), a Bracebridge man in his 80s with an undetermined cause of COVID-19 is among 68 cases reported today by the health unit. The Muskoka resident tested positive Sunday Jan. 10 and was just reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A boil water order here will last all week after a broken water main near its iconic Muskoka waterfalls late Saturday. The District of Muskoka says a boil water advisory (BWA) issued Sunday will remain in effect till late this week for municipal water customers until further notice, following […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Due to safe water problems in Bracebridge, essential visitations to the hospital here have been suspended until further notice. A release today, Monday Jan. 11, from Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says essential visitation by a patient’s designated care partner continues to be suspended at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Site (SMMH). Essential visitation was […]
GRAVENHURST — The New Year brings joy to five students in Gravenhurst. The Rotary Club of Gravenhurst received a gift of $25,000 to help five hard working students continue their college studies. While in Florida four years ago, Tim Forwell read about the dilemma many children in Gravenhurst had trying to save for a college or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst and Huntsville continue to be hot spots for COVID-19 in Muskoka as the province rejects overnight curfew. Four new cases — two in each town — are young people aged 18-34. They are among 226 cases reported this afternoon by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit for the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — By today 450 staff at Muskoka’s two hospitals will have received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine — as “occupancy is high” with unrelated COVID-19 cases. Natalie Bubela, CEO of Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC), said in an email Friday that as of the end of Sunday, Jan. 10, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Talk of a curfew amuses Irene Turney. While she — and everyone we asked about it in a streeter today — welcomed pending overnight street restrictions in Ontario, she said “people are always breaking the rules, aren’t they.” She knows. “I disobeyed myself the odd time during the war,” […]