MUSKOKA — As Ontario experienced a huge spike in COVID-19 cases reported today at 401, two Muskoka residents have also tested positive, says the local health unit. The man and woman are both under investigation as the origins of their diagnosis. A woman from Gravenhurst is listed as aged 18-34. And a man from Huntsville […]
MOOSE DEER POINT — A man accused of unlawfully being in a woman’s house faces sexual assault charges. Provincial police say that on Aug. 30 officers from the Bracebride OPP detachment were dispatched to Moose Deer Point First Nation regarding an allegation of a man entering her home and assaulting her. After an OPP investigation, […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The health unit is calling for social circles to shrink at home an in public. They say today that a “worrisome” spike of COVID-19 is a rallying cry for smaller cohorts. They say in a release Sept. 18 that as coronavirus caes “sharply rise to numbers not seen since the spring,” the Simcoe […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A man who crashed a stolen auto into a tree on the main street here early yesterday has been charged with impaired driving. Police say they were dispatched on Sept. 16, at 6:30 a.m., to the collision on Manitoba Street. The driver was transported to hospital with minor injuries and an investigation revealed he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Here’s a switch for you. While many aging seniors leave small towns to be closer to big city hospitals, a Gravenhurst couple has done the opposite. And to show their love and appreciation of local health care, Bary and Brenda Gray have donated $2 million to the South Muskoka […]
PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA — Local hospitals are getting $2 million from the province to help deal with COVID-19. In Parry Sound-Muskoka, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare will receive $1,119,642 and West Parry Sound Health Centre will receive $ 1,006,394 for 2020/21 through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund. Ontario is investing $175 million this year to address critical upgrades, repairs […]
HUNTSVILLE — As demand for COVID testing ramps up across the country, Huntsville’s political efforts to keep at least part-time testing in town has paid off. The District’s Muskoka Paramedic Services, Huntsville physicians and the Town of Huntsville have united together to keep the Assessment Centre, which closed a permanent site at the hospital two […]
GRAVENHURST — Janet O’Connell has a big job ahead of her. The Muskoka Tourism Marketing Agency’s new executive director will have to navigate rough waters as businesses struggle with the pandemic’s second wave. “My fellow board members and I have great confidence that Janet is the right person to lead Muskoka Tourism during our recovery […]