LETTER TO EDITOR: There are many problems in caring for seniors in nursing homes that are directly caused by greed by the owners and/or shareholders. For-profit nursing homes have statistically fewer staff-to-resident ratios. Why is this? This is because hiring part-time staff saves the owners paying benefits. Three part-timers are cheaper than one full time […]
HUNTSVILLE — Police and fire officials were investigating today how three reportedly unoccupied cottages mysteriously burned down west of town last night. Thirty firefighters from several Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department stations responded just after 7 p.m., April 27, to West Fox Lake Road in Ravenscliffe. Neighbours from around the lake reported seeing huge plumes […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — What do you do when your home won’t stay home? Stay at home orders were put to the test here last week, when a couple of mobile homes hit the road. Traffic through Gravenhurst had to move aside as a pair of 60- and 70-foot mobile homes were being […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — How are Muskoka’s hospitals coping with COVID-19? We sent Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) 10 questions for an update yesterday. CEO Natalie Bubela answered in an email this afternoon. Here are her responses, on April 28: 1. Has MAHC had any COVID-19 cases? Yes. MAHC has tested just over 550 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Pandemic pictures say a 1,000 things. Here’s a quick look at COVID-19 through our camera lens. Night and day you’re observing social distancing and showing your heart and soul. It says a lot about you and what you believe in and stand for. Send us your photos and observations […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A year ago today the Heart of Muskoka was knee-deep in flood waters. This morning it was high and dry — as we deal with a deeper, deadlier spring uprising. Bracebridge Falls had barely a trickle of water falling under its iconic bridge. Compared to the cascades that overwhelmed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SOBERING SECOND THOUGHTS SUNDAY: What’s a lifetime’s work worth? Four dollars an hour? Or so it seems if you’re in LTC and you pray your PSW will help you live long-term. Saturday’s $4-an-hour raise for all LTC workers seems too little, too late. Or is it better late than never. And […]
MUSKOKA — As promised, local homebuilders are building on their promise to help area residents cope with COVID-19. In less than two weeks, the Muskoka-Parry Sound Relief Fund reached its first goal, raising more than $100,000 led by team leaders with the Muskoka Builders Association. After donating to food banks the frist week, Thomas Cowden, […]