Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Simcoe-Muskoka went up and Ontario down today in COVID accounting. The local region — which is now in Ontario’s yellow protect COVID zone — posted 31 new cases Monday Nov. 17 and the province 1,249. Quebec and Manitoba were also down at 982 and 270 cases respectively. A Gravenhurst […]
GRAVENHURST — Police are doing more patrols around the former Muskoka Centre mental health residence after four people were charged last week with break and enter. Government workers have now replaced hoarding on the Lake Muskoka property that were torn down by trespassers who are also accused of theft. Police say officers responded to a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Three Pines staff members remain in isolation after one of them tested positive as of Saturday. It says the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) advised the District Nov. 14 that a staff member from the Pines Long-Term Care Home has tested positive for COVID-19. This positive result was not an outcome of […]
HUNTSVILLE — A man and woman are in bail court this morning accused of violence in motel robbery robbery yesterday. Police and the Muskoka Crime Unit are investigating the robbery Monday, Nov. 16, at 12:35 a.m. on King William Street. They say two suspects were in the victim’s room and a physical altercation ensued, after […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What a difference a few days makes. And not just in weather. Wednesday, Remembrance Day, the parade square around at the local cenotaph was virtually void — save for 14 legionnaires bravely cloistered inside, lest anyone forget. By order of the legion command — on the recommendation of public […]
ORILLIA — An attempted abduction downtown here Saturday evening has police looking for help from the public to find the suspected kidnapper. Provincial police say that on Nov. 14, just after 6 p.m., a female was walking on Front Street near Elgin Street when she was approached by a male who had gotten out of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — COVID is “definitely going to get worse before it gets better.” And “a third wave always follows a second.” That’s the stark messages delivered this morning to Gravenhurst Probus members in a virtual briefing from one of the country’s top medical advisers. Dr. Andrew Morris, a Muldrew Lake cottager, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — If you needed any more proof that the pandemic is going to make winter worse, latest local stats confirm everyone’s worst fears. Today the health unit reports 86 positive tests over the weekend. Two of them are women from Muskoka. One is aged 45-64 in Bracebridge. The other is […]