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. […]
HUNTSVILLE — A 16-month police investigation into the death of woman here led to opioid trafficking charges yesterday against a Huntsville woman. Provincial police say that on May 20, 2019, police were called at 10:30 p.m. to assist a person in medical distress at a residence on Main Street West. They say a 28-year-old female […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two Muskoka men face drug charges after a traffic complaint on Hwy. 11 yesterday afternoon that led the seizure of a large quantity of drugs police estimate to be worth $16,000. The OPP say Cody Brownlee, 29, of Gravenhurst, and Lucas Shea, 26, of Huntsville, were stopped after a traffic complaint. Police found […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The end of summer Monday sees Muskoka lakes cleared of blue-green algae. That’s good news on the first anniversary today of Climate Action Muskoka’s weekly noon hour Friday awareness campaigns in Bracebridge and Huntsville. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has lifted the advisories for three lake locations where […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A second Pines worker in a week has tested positive for COVID-19. And all residents will now undergo another round of testing for the coronavirus, which is spreading widely in Muskoka according to the health unit. The District of Muskoka, which operates the retirement home, said this afternoon, Friday […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — John Gordon Sloan knows death and suffering. The retired reverend is presiding tomorrow over a small graveside interment of his late wife, Pat, in Peterborough. Something he has done countless times in his long life as a United Church minister. Next week, Oct. 3, he was to do the […]