Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOA — Local diners craving restaurant food can now dine-in in larger numbers starting today. This as Simcoe-Muskoka had 50 new COVID cases today, says the province, which also reported 1,829 new cases. Toronto had 593, Peel 287, York 157, North Bay-Parry Sound 4, Sudbury 43 and Thunder Bay 32. As […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more Huntsville COVID cases Friday were among a jump to 1,745 province-wide. And some of 57 in Simcoe-Muskoka, reports local public health. There were 41 cases locally Thursday. This as Ontarians aged 75+ are now eligible for vaccines — and hundreds more pharmacies are about to offer injections […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Students struggling with COVID class challenges and online learning got a boost from the local Lions Club. Club members presented a cheque to the Gravenhurst Public School to help two families with access to the internet for the rest of the school year. Keeping up with class assignments and […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The age has come down five years for those who can get COVID vaccines. This as the province reported 34 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka Friday, the province 1,745 and Toronto 478, Peel 344 and York 174. The health unit says today that adults 75 and older can pre-register now and throughout the weekend for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Belvedere Heights Home for the Aged here is being allocated 24 new long-term care spaces bringing to 125 the number of people who can be accomodated. “The number of people in West Parry Sound who need long-term care spaces is high and is expected to rise even more […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As lower tier governments like Bracebridge toe the line on budgets in these tough times, the District of Muskoka is increasing yours. Two weeks ago Bracebridge councillors passed their “municipal budget and business plan” with “zero increase” while touting an “ambitious capital program.” Gravenhurst approved a 1.5 per cent […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — So the province posted this morning that the region had 15 COVID cases today. This afternoon the health unit shows its 41 — including a man in Georgian Bay. We’ve been here before over numbers, Ontario saying one thing and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) correcting those […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — March may have come in like a lion, but it’s going out like a lamb. And if the mostly mild month is occasionally running hot and cold days and nights, that’s good for local maple syrup producers large and small. While full-scale production doesn’t seem to be what it […]