Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — An Esso gas bar and convenience store are the first phase of a proposed dine and drive development on Bethune Drive. The one-storey multi-million investment — at the intersections of Veterans’ Way, Pinedale Road and Main Street — would be located adjacent to the legion, Hydro One and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Ten months after COVID crippled the country, Gravenhurst residents will finally be able to rely on regular access to a corona virus test without having to leave town. After token testing at popular Muskoka Paramedic pop-ups, Shoppers Drug Mart has been officially designated by the province to provide asymptomatic […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — COVID’s constant hold continues with a consistent count. Today’s numbers for the Simcoe and Muskoka are about average since last Friday with 18 new cases reported Oct. 14. One of them is a Muskoka Lakes male, aged 45-64, who had close contact with someone else with the corona virus. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fire Prevention Week had a “happy ending” on Thanksgiving weekend for a family of three on Peninsula Road. A working smoke alarm is being credited with waking up and saving the parents and a toddler at a cottage late on Saturday, Oct. 10, in the southwest end of town. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSOKA — With two new Muskoka COVID cases today, we asked MAHC CEO Natalie Bubela last week for an update on how the hospitals are handling testing and treatment of any potential corona-related cases in the second wave. She said there are currently no positive cases at either of MAHC’s sites […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As COVID cases rose over Thanksgiving, look for more restrictions “soon” across the province soon like the Toronto, Ottawa and Peel red zones. So says Dr. Charles Gardner, chief medical officer of health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. He said with 1,553 new Ontario cases the past […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Eva Olsson says it’s a “miracle” she’s still alive. Four hours from death in a Nazi concentration camp, she was liberated 75 year ago. “Orders were given that all prisoners were to be shot at 3 o’clock that afternoon and we were liberated by the British and Canadians that […]
PORT SYDNEY — Smoke alarms are being credited today for helping a family escape an early morning fire here. Huntsville/Lake of Bays firefighters responded to a structure fire shortly before 1:30 a.m., Sunday Oct. 6, on South Mary Lake Road. Fire prevention officer Mike Vadlja says in a release that when crews from Port Sydney […]