Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — No news is good news if you live in Muskoka today. But if you’re in the health unit’s Simcoe reporting area, there’s a report of 17 people being tested with COVID-19. That’s down from 43 over the weekend, says the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit for Oct. 20. They […]
GRAVENHURST — An opportunistic thief who took advantage of a fire alarm is being sought in the theft of a car last night. Provincial police are investigating the incident at a residence on Second Street Sunday, Oct. 18. They say that while the apartment building was being evacuated due to a fire alarm the thief […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Muskoka climate advocates are calling on the District of Muskoka to declare a climate emergency. Armed with an impressive list of supporters — including dozens of business, groups, organizations and more than 100 people — they will be on hand virtually tonight to press a case they’ve been promoting […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Five Muskoka residents are among a spike of 43 COVID-19 cases reported today from over the weekend. There were also two more deaths, according to public health. Three from Huntsville are aged 18-34 and two from Muskoka Lakes are 45-64 years old. For a Huntsville man and woman the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID may have slowed a lot of development, but a major housing plan is proceeding here in the town’s south end town core and should break ground next spring. Greg Jones, president of of SkyDev, says: “We are proceeding as planned with our mixed use investment in Gravenhurst.” He […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — If you’re going out trick-or-treating … stay close to home. That’s the “critical” advice from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health. Dr. David Williams issued the following statement this morning detailing public health advice for Halloween this year: “As Ontarians begin to prepare for Halloween this year, I’d like […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Message: Gravenhurst must sever Sister city ties with China. I call upon Gravenhurst Mayor Paul Kelly and councillors to immediately sever ties with its sister/twin cities in China due to the country’s Communist regime part in the coronavirus outbreak. Sister/twin cities promote cultural and commercial ties after entering into legal or social agreements. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With Bala’s Cranberry Festival — which would have been this weekend — cancelled and Muskoka’s Festival of Colour falling by the wayside faster than the leaves, tourism is on the wane. The flood of Thanksgiving day-trekkers is trickling to a halt across Central Ontario — no thanks to COVID. […]