Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Ask and ye shall receive. That’s the Rotary/Fabricare free winter coat giveaway next week. A first-come, first-served, no questions asked handout Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 3-6 p.m. in Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville. With a taste of winter already and COVID compounding the collection and distribution of donated parkas […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — With more dire pandemic predictions and stay-in-place shopping advice, the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s TV-Internet Auction is timely and helpful way to shop locally. And no masks are required if Christmas shopping at home. And thanks to hundreds of generous community donors who responded in record numbers this year — […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A 19-year-old Bracebridge woman was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with “life-altering injuries” early this morning after a single-vehicle accident. Another Bracebridge woman, 23, faces impaired driving charges. Police responded to reports of a single vehicle collision on Nicholls Road in Bracebridge, Friday Nov. 20, at 3 a.m. They say officers arrived and […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The YWCA is putting a positive spin on the pandemic by moving into new headquarters in less than two weeks. On Dec. 1 the local charity that champions positive change for women and girls will be located at 205 Manitoba St., in the plaza north of Oliver’s Coffee. They are currently on Ecclestone […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A middle-aged woman and a man 80+ — both from Muskoka Lakes Township — are just two of 32 cases of COVID-19 being reported today as the running total hits one shy of 1,800. The two Muskoka residents are under investigation as to the cause. The Simcoe Muskoka District […]
MUSKOKA LAKES — The health unit is urging caution to residents and visitors on the north side of Bass Lake, in Township of Muskoka Lakes, after a confirmed blue-green algae bloom was discovered. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said today, Nov. 19, people should exercise caution where blue-green algae is visible and to take […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — “We’re politicians, not doctors,” admits Jill Dunlop, the Simcoe North MPP who said this morning she “differs” with her own medical officer of health when it comes to transparency concerns that some physicians have about being able to share the pandemic advice they’re giving the government. “Every decision we […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A daily drop in COVID cases locally today — at 18 — still sees Simcoe-Muskoka with 135 people testing positive this week. That’s down from 31 for the day Tuesday. And one more death since yesterday. None of the new cases were in Muskoka. Also today, the Simcoe Muskoka […]