Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An end to warm temperatures this week could see a spike in COVID cases says the local public health head. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon the “pattern of transmission” is related to cooler Canadian seasonal climes as people congregate more indoors. And that could see Simcoe and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With Remembrance Day services limited in size this year due to COVID, most small memorials will have limited musical accompaniment. Perhaps a piper and a bugler to play Last Post — but like mostly recorded music. Here in Muskoka some musicians who normally would have been part of some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Royal Canadian Legions are suffering in silence this week. Betty Smith, past president of Huntsville’s Branch 232, says just two of the eight local branches are holding small by-invitation only indoor services on Remembrance Day Nov. 11 due to COVID-19. Six have already been held, including in Huntsville yesterday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Weekend weather may have been above average, but the COVID count was not. Since last Friday’s health unit report, 51 people regionally tested positive. None were in Muskoka. They are among 1,242 alone in Ontario today and 1,169 in Quebec. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s daily stats show that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com What a weekend. A day to celebrate like crazy and a day to heal and look forward to tomorrow. Americans woke up this morning turning a frown upside down. Joe Biden is the president-elect and President Donald Trump is — well — history. It couldn’t have been a more perfect ending […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com UNITED STATES — It’s finally over and Joe Biden has 279 electoral college votes to win the U.S. presidency. After taking Pennsylvania late this morning he will become the 46th president of the United States, unseating Donald Trump who was fired by the majority of county. He has remained at 214 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Police who may often look like they’re lying low or inactive caught up with some outstanding criminal activity this week in what they’re calling a “street sweep.” Which may account for a lot of police presence on your street the past three days. They say that Tuesday, Wednesday and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Thirteen new local COVID cases are part of more than 250,000 cases in Canada. Friday’s numbers in Simcoe bring to 1,497 the total in the health unit’s reporting region. Six people are in hospital. There were no cases in Musoka, Friday Nov. 6. Seven people today are from Barrie, […]