GEORGIAN BAY TWP. — An Orillia woman faces drunk driving charges after her car crashed into a rock cut and police allege she fled the scene leaving two passengers in a fiery wreck yesterday at noon. Southern Georgian Bay OPP say they responded at 12:06 p.m. Aug.14, 2020 to a report of a single vehicle crashing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — While provincial and federal governments are throwing money around and digging deeper into your pockets, they won’t be adding to their debts and deficits in the Heart of Muskoka. It may cost the town a lot more, but Bracebridge civic officials vow to plow ahead with a new arena/library […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — Residents and visitors to Silver Lake, in Muskoka Lakes Township, and Lake St. John, in Ramara Township, are being cautioned about a confirmed cases of blue-green algae blooms. In Silver Lake it’s centred in the south-west area and in the south end of Lake St. John. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Deerhurst says it has been given a clean bill of health. Concerns about a COVID “cluster” at one of Muskoka’s largest resorts were assessed and dealt with as soon as they were known, says management. General manager Jesse Hamilton said the reason they remained open was because: “Until important […]
MUSKOKA — Two more beaches are back under swim advisories again. Both the Port Sydney Beach and the West Gravenhurst beach have had the same warnings several times this summer. The latest reports come on Aug. 11. The Town of Huntsville says it has been notified by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit that a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The health unit’s top doc blames the province for the lack of transparency around local COVID-19 cases. “I agree and I’ve made the case to the province,” said Dr. Charles Gardner. Responding to complaints from reporters yesterday — in a news briefing now reduced to once a week — […]
GRAVENHURST — After weeks of good news on the local corna front, a Gravenhurst man come down with the virus. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit posts on its website that he between 18 and 34 years old. Health officials say as they continue their investigation into his activities leading up to testing positive, he […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — The health unit now says 11 people from outside Muskoka tested positive for COVID-19 in a “cluster of cases” here Civic Holiday weekend. Dr. Charles Gardner said today that “multiple families” — “residing outside of Muskoka” and staying at Deerhurst Resort the first weekend in August dined out at […]