Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Concerns about cottagers coming north adding pressure to local health services are being met with a large donation by some of “neighbours.” In response to the hospitals’ call for cash and supplies for its Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund, a group of cottagers has donated $135,000 to the South Muskoka […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — The message clearly isn’t getting out in a bid to protect workers from the spread of the corona virus. A call last week by the District of Muskoka telling home and business owners to bag all their waste is being met with mixed results. Street curbs and roadsides are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — One of Canada’s largest unions is calling on the federal government to ensure that Canadian media organizations survive the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to provide vital information to the public. “Almost every Canadian newspaper and television news outlet was teetering on the brink before the pandemic hit,” said Unifor national […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — “We’re closed ….” But “We miss you” … “Be Safe.” The messages to customers are clear and heartfelt from the business community devastated by COVID-19. Core retailers here, forced to close, say it in signs posted on their front doors in professional and personal scripts. It’s their letters to […]
BARRIE — People who were swabbed at Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) for COVID-19 are being asked not to call the hospital emergency department. In an urgent email this afternoon, RVH communications person Donna Danyluk asked the media to help us get this “important information out to the public.” She said many people are […]
MUSKOKA — With a wet weekend ahead, a spring flooding “water safety” advisory has been issued for Parry-Sound Muskoka. Just after noon Friday, March 27, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) sent out an update from its Bracebridge field office for its Parry Sound District. The means high flows, melting ice or other factors […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Is it OK to go out to give blood safe? Yes, according to the Town of Bracebridge that is working with the Canadian Blood Services to ensure the safety of donors and staff at a mobile blood donor clinic next Monday, March 30. The donor event will take place […]
HUNTSVILLE — Staying home to protect your property may be a good idea as thieves aren’t self-isolating. Provincial police at Huntsville say their Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) executed a search warrant in Innisfil Thursday, recovering two snowmobiles and a trailer stolen from Deerhurst Resort three weeks ago. They say that on March 7 […]