Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Now that schools won’t reopen a couple of Muskoka COVID cases seem trivial today. But you’d have to ask the two men, both aged 45-64, how they feel: A Gravenhurst resident who under investigation after reporting yesterday with his first episode May 31. And a person from Muskoka Lakes […]
MUSKOKA — A millimetre or two of rain today hasn’t put a damper on Muskoka fire chiefs who issued an extreme fire rating. They say that with a lack of sufficient rainfall and extremely dry conditions, they have issued a total Fire Ban for Muskoka and the Fire Danger Rating is now set at extreme. The total ban on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Tomorrow isn’t a get out of jail free card, says the region’s medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner says even with 16 local COVID cases today, Christmas shoppers could conceivably still have to wear masks indoors. With a 32 per cent drop in local cases the past week […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As it looks like schools won’t open after all, Simcoe-Muskoka is reporting 18 COVID cases this afternoon. None in Muskoka. This as Ontario dropped to 699 with 9 deaths. (Yesterday there were 916 cases and 13 deaths.) Cases dropped across the board in the GTA Tuesday, with Toronto 207 […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — It’s here, it’s fun and it’s uplifting in these troubling times. A video from the folks at Trinity United Church offers a message of hope we can all use. Minister of music The Real Dan McCoy released the tribute today to volunteers — the lesser heralded of the essential […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — While Ontario fell below 1,000 COVID cases today, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday one person each day in Muskoka tested positive for the virus. The three men were from Gravenhurst, Bracebridge and Huntsville. And they were among 88 weekend cases the health unit reported this afternoon. The Huntsville man […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A local man has been charged in the investigation involving the death Justin Evans, whose body was found May 19. The OPP said Monday that last Friday May 28, the OPP charged 70-year-old Kenneth McKinney, of Gravenhurst, with Obstruct Justice under section 139(2) of the Criminal Code. McKinney was […]
GRAVENHURST — “It takes a community to raise a child.” That’s the philosophy behind the Gravenhurst Rotary Club’s Bursary Endowment fund, which is now accepting applications till the end of June for this fall’s post-secondary studies, says a release. To qualify for a bursary, the applicant must be either, going to school in Gravenhurst, or […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A 47-year-old Gravenhurst man was taken to hospital in Toronto last night with life-threatening injuries after falling from a transport truck in what police call a confrontation with the driver who fled the scene. Provincial police say they responded to the incident on Bethune Drive near Violet Street in […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — You better stay up late tonight — or get up early tomorrow — if you want your blue box, green bin and garbage bags picked up. As of this week you could miss your waste collector if it’s not out by 7 a.m. Unless you put it out overnight, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A local motorcyclist was airlifted to Toronto last night with life-threatening injuries after being thrown off the bike without a helmet. Provincial police say officers responded to a single vehicle collision on Springdale Park Road in Bracebridge Saturday, May 29, at 6:40 p.m. They say he was not been wearing a helmet and […]
GEORGIAN BAY — A MacTier cyclist has died after collision Saturday night with a motorist in which both were travelling westbound on Twelve Mile Bay Road. Provincial police say Sunday afternoon that officers responded to the collision in Georgian Bay Township May 29 at 6:25 p.m. They say it involved a passenger vehicle and a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — A large wildfire two kilometres east of North Muldrew Lake, in Gravenhurst, Saturday had Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) water bombers tackling the 3.8 hectare blaze. At the same time Gravenhurst firefighters putting out a smaller grass fire near Carrick Trail at the Muskoka Bay Resort. […]
MUSKOKA — A middle of the night fire rescue in which two Muskoka paramedics and two OPP officers rescued a mom and her two kids from a burning house has led to an Ontario Award for Paramedic Bravery for Lucas Leggett this week. On Oct. 25, 2019, Leggett and his partner, Matt Hickey, found the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — War stories are legend in Gravenhurst, where Norwegian pilots potato-bombed German PoWs swimming in Lake Muskoka. It’s part of an oddity played out in which opposing forces shared the same streets as “officers and gentlemen.” Caught between were Canadians and the Veterans Guard. In the front row for this […]
GRAVENHURST — Life in the slow lane has led to an impaired charge against a Scarborough man yesterday. Provincial police say that on May 27 at 12:30 a.m. an officer doing radar check on Hwy. 11 North near Hewitt Street became concerned about a vehicle travelling well below the speed limit and pulled over the […]
HUNTSVILLE — A police check yesterday on a local man who failed to quarantine after returning to Canada has led to a $3,755 fine against him. Provincial police at Huntsville said Friday that they did a compliance check on him as part of an enforcement of the federal Quarantine Act. The government of Canada has put […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — With a return to school possible, the health unit is urging kids 12-17 to get vaccinated. Thousands of new appointments will become available at 8 a.m. Saturday and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is encouraging youth ages 12 -17 to book their first dose in June with the expectation that […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — When Tom Black answers the call now it won’t be for a fire, accident or medical call. It’ll be on one the more than 100 antique telephones he collects — including one he’s rebuilding from 1882. The Hamilton firefighter retired Tuesday after a 23-year career. But not without a […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As the region hits the 50 per cent mark for vaccinations, the health unit reports 43 cases in Simcoe today. None in Muskoka. But one previous case in Huntsville was moved to another health unit. That brings the week’s total cases to 147 — down from 303 last week […]