Now, it’s not about what’s closed, but what’s open. Here are a few more updates. Let us know if you know of any others. The Town of Gravenhurst announced today, April 8, that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the necessary, but unfortunate, cancellation of various spring/summer programs it offers at this time of year. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Two Gravenhurst women in their 60s are the latest Muskoka residents to come down with COVID-19. One was community-acquired and the other contracted the coronavirus through travel to an unknown destination. That makes them the 11th and 12th victims in the latest count reported to the Simcoe Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Essential workers and front-line staff are getting a lot of love. Even the odd tip at the grocery store. David Rechtsman left $50 in the trunk of his car today — as a “thank you” for YIG store employees — when a busy staff member loaded his car trunk […]
GRAVENHURST — Mayor Paul Kelly thanks residents and visitors for self-distancing and urges everyone to celebrate Easter at home alone. The Easter Bunny has been declared an essential service worker now and will find you. See his fifth COVID-19 YouTube video address at: Mayor Paul Kelly, Community COVID-19 Video Update for Wednesday April 8, 2020.
BRACEBRIDGE — Fear fire winter or spring. A cool turn doesn’t mean you can’t get burned. With the safety of its citizens and employees in mind, the Town of Bracebridge has declared a total fire ban to go along with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry’s (MRNF) Restricted Fire Zone Declaration. Bracebridge also joins […]
GRAVENHURST — A Bracebridge woman was charged yesterday with threatening death or harm, after what OPP call road rage on North Kahse Lake Road. Provincial police report that on Monday, April 6, at 4:45 p.m. they received a 911 call. Officers were dispatched and the victim reported that another vehicle was “driving erratically and passed […]
QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario is taking “emergency action” in response to a “spike in domestic violence cases” related to the COVID-19 crisis. Today the attorney general announced $54,250 for victim services agencies in Parry Sound-Muskoa, MPP Norman Miller said in a government release this afternoon. As a result, the province is providing an emergency payment […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Sunday observances …. Hope springs eternal on Palm Sunday — as nature trumps nurture. April showers are already bringing May flowers, with yellow daffodils and purple crocuses cropping up giving hope in a dark world. And robins have even been spotted. There’s no masking what’s going on, as nations and neighbours […]