Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — The new norm in Parry Sound-Muskoka is “Noman Miller.” Your veteran Tory MPP — who is the son of former premier and health minister Frank Miller — is on the job at the heart of the Ford government’s coronavirus fight. The folksy politician formerly known as nice guy “Norm […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A tweet by the mayor about people flocking to Muskoka to escape the COVID-19 threat has him in hot water. Sunday he had to apologize for his flippant, careless and insensitive remarks. Saturday on Twitter, he said: “I think we’ve got a lot of people heading up here to […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — Families should check with their child care centres Monday after the province said Sunday it will allow some to reopen to support health care and frontline workers during this COVID-19 outbreak. And the province is also providing online courses for students stuck at home, as well as using its […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Hospital workers got a great shout-out from someone who knows the pandemic pressures they’re under first hand. The king of local beer and spirits sales heaped high praise on them after the leukemia survivor suffered a severe setback decades after putting it in the remission penalty box. Tony King […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Today Ontario gave hospitals the ability to cancel and postpone services to free-up space and valuable staff, identify staffing priorities, and develop, modify and implement redeployment plans over the next two weeks. It means hospitals in Huntsville and Bracebridge will see major changes immediately for patients and by deploying […]
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Nova Scotians face $1,000 fines for not social distancing under health protection act as premier Stephen McNeil announced a state of emergency Sunday morning. And he said people can report offenders, as the country looks to be moving toward more emergency orders that will restrict rights. This after 28 cases of the cornavirus have been […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com Odd — all the worry about the U.S. border closing yesterday, when so many have been condemning America vowing never to go there because of Trump. … Canada is doing all the right things according to a list of WHO protocols. … And Trudeau is reaping high praise for the federal […]