Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Residents and visitors to Gravenhurst and Muskoka Lakes Township are being cautioned today about three confirmed blue-green algae blooms in local lakes. The health unit issued the warnings this morning, Nov. 11, for the west side of Kahshe Lake, in Gravenhurst; and the north end of Black Lake and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MACTIER — There’s no last minute landscaping or army cadet vigil tonight, as two local legions ready for Remembrance Day this eve. Bruce Henn and Shirley Ruttan — presidents of their respective Royal Canadian Legions in MacTier and Bracebridge — may differ in their commemorations tomorrow, but their sentiments are the […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A missing man who lived in Bracebridge is being sought by concerned family members. Police are asking the public for their assistance in locating 40-year-old Corey Martin. A transient, he was last known to reside in Bracebridge, but is also known to frequent London, Ont. Martin is described as 6-foot-1, with brown hair, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — An end to warm temperatures this week could see a spike in COVID cases says the local public health head. Dr. Charles Gardner said this afternoon the “pattern of transmission” is related to cooler Canadian seasonal climes as people congregate more indoors. And that could see Simcoe and Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — With Remembrance Day services limited in size this year due to COVID, most small memorials will have limited musical accompaniment. Perhaps a piper and a bugler to play Last Post — but like mostly recorded music. Here in Muskoka some musicians who normally would have been part of some […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Royal Canadian Legions are suffering in silence this week. Betty Smith, past president of Huntsville’s Branch 232, says just two of the eight local branches are holding small by-invitation only indoor services on Remembrance Day Nov. 11 due to COVID-19. Six have already been held, including in Huntsville yesterday. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Weekend weather may have been above average, but the COVID count was not. Since last Friday’s health unit report, 51 people regionally tested positive. None were in Muskoka. They are among 1,242 alone in Ontario today and 1,169 in Quebec. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s daily stats show that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com What a weekend. A day to celebrate like crazy and a day to heal and look forward to tomorrow. Americans woke up this morning turning a frown upside down. Joe Biden is the president-elect and President Donald Trump is — well — history. It couldn’t have been a more perfect ending […]