Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Are you asymptomatic or do you have a fever, cough, headache or difficulty breathing? Those who are infected with COVID-19 may have little to no symptoms. You may not know you have symptoms of COVID-19 because they are similar to a cold or flu. But if you do feel […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With dire warnings for the coming weeks, this morning’s local COVID count is about what we can expect. Here’s the grim look at COVID-19 for Simcoe and Muskoka: 13 overall; 1 in Gravenhurst — a male aged 18-34 who health officials say had close contact with someone with the […]
GRAVENHURST — As firefighters gear up for fire prevention week Oct. 4-10, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms will be part of the focus. They have saved hundreds of lives in Ontario and now an Enbridge Gas has made an investment in Gravenhurst that may save even more, says the department. “Project Zero” is an annual campaign […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Brian Coldin is back in the news again at his High Falls campground over an alleged assault on a police office and unrelated disputes this summer with campers over fees for trailer use. Provincial police at Bracebridge said today, Sept. 28, that officers responded to several complaints from users of the Bracebridge campground/resort […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Two drivers were charged with impaired in separate police stops this weekend. It started on Friday, when OPP at Bracebridge say officers were on patrol at 10:45 p.m. Sept. 25 when they stopped a vehicle on Monck Road. Their investigation into the driving behaviour led to the arrest of 24-year-old Christian Wilkinson, of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Today is World News Day. Something we at MuskokaTODAY.com care passionately about, because ‘Local News Means the World to Us.” A free press doesn’t meaning reading free on Facebook or getting your news on Google. Think about life without the media. Think about life without Local Journalism. Then think about COVID […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Statistically Simcoe-Muskoka is stayed true today to the soaring national trends. Over the weekend the local health unit reports that 29 new cases came to light. Is that because of extra testing? In Muskoka it wasn’t as bad. But Bracebridge is becoming the latest hot spot after Huntsville was […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Cliff Wichmann is likely rolling over in his grave after Justin Trudeau promised last week to bring more high speed internet to rural Canadians. Wichmann — a pioneer in the local satellite business — was doing that 20 years ago when the dishes were the size of small cars. […]