Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s called a Rebel Tailgate Party. But it’s not as wild as it sounds. It’s Wayne’s World meets Cheers — legion-style. A friendly Friday drop-in upstairs at Branch #302, meant to take the chill off winter. The funhouse includes a few games, but it’s mostly a chance for musicians […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARKWAY — “Crazy Bob’s comin’ home.” “You can quote me on that,” says Bob Beach, the never-say-die 81-year-old, who was lucky to escape a wood stove fire in his tiny cabin in rural Barkway Feb. 18. The feisty octogenarian has been recovering at the St. John’s rehab in Toronto the past […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The Coronavirus crisis has hit Simcoe-Muskoka. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it has received notification of the region’s first confirmed case of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in a local resident who recently returned from Germany and Spain. The individual is self-isolating and recovering at home. They […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Local initiatives to prevent a possible spread of the Cornavirus are taking hold in the public schools with a number of proactive measures to get ahead of the threat as the virus that could spread widely, according to at least one top federal official. Trillium Lakelands District School Board […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com QUEEN’S PARK — The global pandemic “is no reason to panic,” says MPP Norm Miller. “But everyone should be careful,” he said in a release Wednesday afternoon, while also lauding Ontario’s health system for doing “a great job of managing the risks of Coronavirus.” The Parry Sound-Muskoka MPP says with concerns about international […]
SEVERN — Three teens face drug and firearms charges after being stopped on Hwy. 400 Saturday. Provincial police say that on March 7 an Orillia OPP officer was conducting traffic enforcement on Highway 400 when a vehicle was stopped for a traffic infraction. While police were speaking with the occupants of the vehicle a subsequent […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com HUNTSVILLE — Diners at a downtown restaurant are urged to get a free vaccine after a food handler has tested positive for Hepatitis A. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) said Wednesday morning that it was notified of a case of Hepatitis A after the employee worked at the Family Place […]
GRAVENHURST — Drop into the Gravenhurst Library at noon Saturday, March 14, to celebrate Pi Day and National Engineering Month with free pizza. Learn how to create 3D print designs and see their printer in action. Please bring you own laptop or Chromebook. Limited Chromebooks available. See website link here.