LETTER TO EDITOR: A few symptoms pertaining to COVID-19 are fever, cough, difficulty breathing and pneumonia. Back in June of 1983, my white cell counts were extremely low due to working with nasty carcinogens while I was a provincial lab technician in Toronto. I came down with pneumonia and this is how I fixed it. […]
GRAVENHURST — A hydro rates hike for residents here served by Elexicon Energy was delayed today due to the COVID-19. In a release April 30, they said they are postponing a 1.7 per cent increase in distribution rates until at least Nov. 1. They said the move to postpone the scheduled May 1 hike, which […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A Bracebridge man and woman face almost two dozen major drug and gun charges after an arrest in a Hortons parking lot takedown yesterday. Provincial police say it’s the result of an OPP investigation this month by the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU). Arrests and search warrants were executed with the help […]
HUNTSVILLE — Officials here and across Muskoka appear optimistic that re-opening the economy will soon happen and that farmers market will be able to sell food only to the public. At its council meeting today — April 29 — Huntsville town councillors met electronically to discuss COVID-19 impact, questions and concerns from residents. Among updates, they […]
GRAVENHURST — Neighbour to neighbour, Gravenhurst Rotarians are reaching out to help. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need in the community has greatly increased, they say in a release today. And while government assistance programs are being rolled out, some residents still find themselves and their families trying to bridge the gap between shrinking […]
BARRIE — Re-opening the economy may be premature if new plans to open a Regional Pandemic Response Unit (RPRU) at Barrie’s Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) are any indication. Tuesday RVH reported that construction on a 70-bed, 8,250 square-foot MASH-like unit is underway. They say it will be “temporary.” It will be located in […]
MUSKOKA — More help is on the way for health-care and front-line workers with no alternatives for child care during COVID-19. The province has approved a bid by the District of Muskoka to open an emergency child care centre for up to 20 spaces. While it says the safest option continues to be for children […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A head-on collision yesterday landed one person in hospital and another in court. Provincial police at Bracebridge say today that on Tuesday April 28, just before 2:30 p.m. officers received a report of a two vehicle head-on collision on Manitoba Street near Gibbs Road. They say officers responded along with Muskoka Paramedic Services […]