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 […]
ORILLIA — The OPP is reminding motorcyclists not to be on the road unless necessary. They say in a new release Friday that “despite daily reminders to Ontarians to stay home and avoid non-essential travel, a number of recent motorcycle sightings on Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patrolled roads suggests that some motorcyclists may not be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Premier Doug Ford is reaping some rare high praise in his handling of the pandemic. And he’s getting stern, too. Today in a Queen’s Park briefing, he warned Ontarians against coming to their cottages and taking food out of the mouths of Muskokans and straining local hospital services that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Together apart. That was emergency workers on both sides of the pandemic front line here this afternoon, as firefighters, paramedics and police surrounded South Muskoka Memorial Hospital (SMMH) to deliver a siren salute, in recognition of health-care workers inside — including dozens who came out onto the sidewalk and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Local Rotarians are offering help to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with more than $20,000 for GAP and for others sheltering-at-home who need groceries or help with errands. In a release Thursday, the club said it is “concerned about the impact of COVID-19 on our community.” “Every one […]
MUSKOKA — As the pandemic surges, forest fires and floods are a new spring threat. Local fire chiefs say though there’s still some snow cover on the ground in parts of the district, they welcome a total fire ban imposed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) as of 12:01 a.m. today. They […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A salute to front-line health-care workers here this afternoon will see OPP, firefighters and paramedics parading up Manitoba Street to the hospital. At 2:15 p.m. emergency service workers from the Bracebridge OPP, the Bracebridge Fire Department and Muskoka Paramedic services will be doing a short parade to salute the front line health care […]
MUSKOKA — As the OPP warns it will enforce rules against gatherings of more than five people, charge non-essential businesses that remain open and could arrest anyone violating the Quarantine Act, local officers were busy yesterday stopping speeding drivers in Muskoka. Bracebridge and Huntsville detachment teams combined efforts Thursday to address “aggressive driving and speeding” […]