QUEEN’S PARK — Ontario is taking “emergency action” in response to a “spike in domestic violence cases” related to the COVID-19 crisis. Today the attorney general announced $54,250 for victim services agencies in Parry Sound-Muskoa, MPP Norman Miller said in a government release this afternoon. As a result, the province is providing an emergency payment […]
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 […]