Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — A second patient at RVH has died with COVID-19, and a woman in her 30s is being treated for the virus infection that she appears to have acquired in the community. She is the ninth reported case in Simcoe-Muskoka said the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). On […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — You gotta have heart. Lots and lots of hearts. Residents and businesses are showing their love for others at this trying time with “Window Hearts.” In gesture of solidarity with the world and their community, the universal symbol is popping up large and small, red and blue. In one […]
MUSKOKA — Public sector salaries for various government employees were released Friday by the province of Ontario. They provide disclosures for all sectors and seconded employees from last year. The list provides information on all public sector employees who were paid $100,000 or more in 2019 and are subject to the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A Good Samaritan has emerged today to help those self-isolating. Adam Crockatt is spearheading a small group effort to run errands for those who may be housebound by the coronavirus. Gravenhurst Caretagion 2020, which began Friday, is “a zero-contact” initiative that came out of a conversation Dr. Adam MacLennan. […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Gravenhurst’s mayor is “keeping in the loop” while under self-isolation this week. Paul Kelly and his wife, Sue, returned to their Morrison Lake home March 10 and he expects to be back on the job next Wednesday, March 25. The couple were 10 days in Saint Martin and flew […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — People are coming together to stay apart. Slowly … if surely. Families are even walking in staggered lines. And it’s easier to do. District streets are open — if quieter. Many hours are being limited across the board — though YIG grocery stores are restricting their first hour at […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Patients and visitors to Muskoka’s two hospitals who may have symptoms of the coronavirus are being segregated in separate waiting spaces as they wait further full assessment. While Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare waits provincial approval to partner in a COVID-19 screening centre, its two sites at South Muskoka Memorial Hospital […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHRST — Advance work Thursday and Friday at Brock Street and Bethune Drive in Gravenhurst is underway as CN Rail plans to move the safety rail arms (wigwags) about a dozen feet closer to the tracks Monday. Dan Dodd, a track supervisor, said on site today, March 19, that it’s part […]