Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Twenty-six new COVID cases today in Simcoe more than mirrored a similar province-wide jump. There were none in Muskoka — with just one staff member at the Granite Ridge retirement home in Gravenhurst Oct. 27 this week. This as the health unit says one person in Simcoe Muskoka was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Two robbery attempts here Monday are linked to a suspect who used a Taser-like weapon in two other bank ATM incidents in Coboconk and Orillia Sunday and Monday, say police. Central Region OPP are hunting the suspect in the four incidents who got away. In the first two cases the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — An application to amend the town’s official plan and rezone lands for a private school was deferred last night. After an almost five-hour planning and development committee meeting that wrapped up about 7 p.m., council members sent the matter of the Muskoka Royale College back to staff. Town senior […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Among 22 new COVID cases today in Simcoe Muskoka is a Gravenhurst woman aged 35-44, due to an institutional outbreak. The health unit says there was an outbreak of a staff member yesterday, Oct. 27, at the retirement home and LTC on Bethune Drive. It is deemed a “respiratory […]
ORILLIA — Orillians who popped a top or two over the summer months and donated their empties to The Beer Store’s local bottle drive helped raise an incredible $42,133 to support Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. This fundraising campaign was part of The Beer Store’s company-wide initiative to raise funds for local hospitals and food banks […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com DETROIT — Kim Barlow is “passionate” about the U.S. election next week. Not unlike most Americans — and it seems most of the world. The Utterson resident and her husband Neil are dual citizens of Canada and the United States, where they were born. And while the two musicians are extremely […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The COVID story is an intensely personal experience we all share. And the health unit wants you to share the good, bad and ugly of the coronavirus. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit wants to know more about the pandemic and is asking residents to complete an online survey to learn what issues need […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Amid some rising countrywide COVID fears Muskoka has avoided another day of zero reported cases today. The same can’t be said for Simcoe, where 19 people have tested positive for the coronavirus. Yesterday the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit reported 55 for the weekend in Simcoe and none in […]