Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BARRIE — A major COVID outbreak at Roberta Place may have been caused by the first variant strain in the region early testing shows. Dozens of cases that began last Friday at the LTC home that have led to at least eight deaths are being investigated further and the results are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A day after a COVID outbreak ended at The Pines, two staff members of the retirement and LTC home were sent home today after one of them tested positive for COVID-19. It is the fifth outbreak at the home since Aug. 30. This after just last Saturday, Jan. 16, […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A young Bracebridge woman is among an encouraging number of new COVID cases being reported by the health unit today, which date back to Boxing Day. The other 46 of 47 cases were all in Simcoe and come a day after 79 cases were reported on Tuesday. She is […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSOKA — A Barrie LTC outbreak of 87 confirmed and unconfirmed reports among staff and residents contributed to today’s COVID count to 79. None of which are in Muskoka in Tuesday Jan. 19 reporting. However 16 new deaths have been reported the past week, including 13 at long-term care residents, including […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Fears about police enforcing stay-at-home orders are real — if rare. A young woman in Gravenhurst was stopped on the main street Saturday night by three officers, one of whom told her “being homeless is no excuse” for not staying-in-place and being on the street instead of where she […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Has the lockdown since Boxing Day helped? Some numbers hint at that. But a deeper dive makes it difficult to determine as the sometimes dizzying array of numbers are all over the map as to when and where cases happened and the dates that they are sometimes untimely reported […]
TORONTO — The province says “the disturbing increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths” means it will extend restrictive reopening orders to Feb. 19. In a release today, Sat. Jan. 16, it says the government, in consultation with the chief medical officer of health, is extending most orders currently in force under the Reopening Ontario (A Flexible […]
BRACEBRIDGE — It’s safe to drink town water again. The boil water advisory issued for the Town of Bracebridge Sunday Jan. 10 has been lifted by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). Effective Thursday, Jan. 14. Lab tests confirmed that the water is free from contamination and is safe to drink. As a precaution, residents […]
ORILLIA — Confused about what the cops will do if they see you outside your home this week in violation of the province’s stay-at-home order? Here’s the official word this afternoon — at least from the OPP — in a release from their provincial headquarters here in Orillia. They say they officers will enforce the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Another 83 cases of COVID include four from Muskoka today, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). And there were four more deaths in the region bringing the number to 86. Three of the new cases are in Gravenhurst and one in Huntsville, both towns that lead […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Day 1 of Ontario’s stay at home order — which came with a smart phone reminder — saw the post holiday fallout kick in with two more Muskoka cases in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge. The health unit says the Muskoka males — reported yesterday an occurring over the past two […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com TORONTO — The Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst is being “decommissioned” as the province moves to train firefighters closer to their homes. In a release this evening, the Ford government said it is strengthening fire safety training across the province by increasing access to on-site and online courses in communities where […]
ORILLIA — Police are looking for help in finding a missing First Nations teen here. Ontario Provincial Police are trying to locate, 17-year-old, Keira Keeshig, who was reported missing from the City of Orillia. She was last seen by her family on January 11, 2021, at 5 p.m., when she left her residence saying that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three more people in Muskoka are among 81 new COVID cases reported today — dating back almost a week now. The health unit says that as of yesterday, Jan. 12, the cases posted on its website will now be reported based on the date reported to the public health […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police charged two people with impaired driving Sunday within two hours across Muskoka. On January 10 at 5:30 p.m. officers responded to a call from the public about a suspected impaired driver on Twelve Mile Bay Road in Georgian Bay Twp. Officers located the vehicle and charged 21-year-old Austin Galbraith-Cox, of Moose Deer […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Call it home sweet home. The COVID-19 immunization of residents of long-term care (LTC) and retirement homes (RH) in Simcoe Muskoka is now underway. The immunization program began Monday in long-term care homes following the Jan. 6 decision by the province that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can be safely transported out […]
GRAVENHURST — A novice driver faces four charges — including impaired driving — after being stopped in the middle of the night today. Police on patrol here on Bethune Drive south at 2:20 a.m. Jan. 12 stopped a car for a traffic infraction. They say the man was driving while prohibited. As a result of […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As tougher new Ontario state of emergency measures kick at midnight tomorrow (for 28 days), a Bracebridge man in his 80s with an undetermined cause of COVID-19 is among 68 cases reported today by the health unit. The Muskoka resident tested positive Sunday Jan. 10 and was just reported […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — A boil water order here will last all week after a broken water main near its iconic Muskoka waterfalls late Saturday. The District of Muskoka says a boil water advisory (BWA) issued Sunday will remain in effect till late this week for municipal water customers until further notice, following […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Due to safe water problems in Bracebridge, essential visitations to the hospital here have been suspended until further notice. A release today, Monday Jan. 11, from Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare says essential visitation by a patient’s designated care partner continues to be suspended at the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Site (SMMH). Essential visitation was […]