Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — He’s just one man. One case. But a Gravenhurst resident, aged 18-34, with close contacts with someone who already has the coronavirus is the first Muskoka person this month to be reported with COVID-19 as cases continue to climb. Another 37 from Simcoe were also among the rising toll […]
ORILLIA — If you haven’t downloaded the COVID alert tracker app, here’s another one you may consider to save yourself. Today the OPP launched the internationally-recognized and used mobile application ‘what3words’ in its provincial communications centres (PCCs) — like the one at its Orillia headquarters. They say that in an emergency, if you call 911 […]
MUSKOKA — A couple of local drivers received medical attention after being impaired in separate weekend incidents, one involving a head-on collision while driving the wrong way on Hwy. 11 in Gavenhurst. Provincial police said today they are disappointed that their Festive RIDE campaign, which began last Thursday, has netted two impaired drivers over the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com RAMARA — A shed fire back in September now has police revisiting the case after trail cam video came to light showing two suspects beside the building. And the OPP want to know if you can recognize them — because they can’t. Provincial police are investigating the cause of the blaze […]
MUSKOKA — Cops love kids, kids love toys: a match made in heaven for the corps. Members of the OPP’s Muskoka-Georgian Bay Auxiliary Unit are teaming up with the Salvation Army Corps in Muskoka for their annual Stuff a Cruiser event. You can help make a child’s Christmas brighter without lights by dropping off new […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Three Muskoka residents are among 96 reported COVID cases today. A Bracebridge man, aged 45-64, who obtained it through the community; a Huntsville woman, also 45-64, who got it through travel; and an 18-34 Muskoka Lakes woman with close contact are the latest to test positive. And if you’re […]
HUNTSVILLE — Two men face drug charges after police stopped a vehicle Friday morning. The OPP say that on Nov. 27 at 10:30 a.m. officers pulled over an auto on Howland Drive and arrested the driver for impaired operation of a motor vehicle by drugs. Further investigation led a seizure of cocaine, and fentanyl. Driver […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A complaint about a suspected impaired driver Tuesday afternoon on Taylor Road led police to charge a local woman. The OPP say that on Nov. 24 at 1:15 p.m. they received anonymous tip. Officers located the vehicle a short time later on Dudley Drive, where they arrested and charged 42-year-old Naomi Brouse, of Bracebridge, with […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — With a worrisome 30 cases of COVID today, Simcoe and Muskoka could be below last week’s total of 200. As of Thursday Nov. 26 the health unit is reporting 149 people locally have contracted the coronavirus since Sunday. So unless there is a spike of 51 in tomorrow’s Friday […]
HUNTSVILLE — Christmas came early for a Huntsville man accused of being drunk behind the wheel in a morning police check. Just days before Muskoka officers kicked off their annual Festive RIDE campaign today, Nov 26, Sean Cooper was himself taken for a ride — to the Huntsville detachment. On Saturday Nov. 21 police were […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A lockdown at schools in Gravenhurst and Bracebridge Remembrance Day has led to weapon charges against a 14-year-old local student. The OPP have charged the Muskoka Lakes youth after an incident Nov. 11. Police received information at that time that a youth had made concerning comments about potentially committing an act of violence […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — After the confusing mix-up by the province Monday and Tuesday about over-estimated and under-estimated array of COVID numbers, Dr. Charles Gardner says he’s confident by his account how many local people have or had the coronavirus. And how many have died — 52. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — If businesses want to stay open and safe they’d best behave better. That’s the warning from the health unit. Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer of health, has “instructed businesses and organizations” operating in Simcoe Muskoka that they must employ additional precautions to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission in work settings. “We are […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A Muskoka Lakes woman, aged 18-34, with close contact is among 19 new cases in Simcoe and Muskoka today. The health unit reports that there are no new cases in hospital since yesterday, when there were 12. As of Wednesday Nov. 25 there 203 active cases among 1,954 confirmed […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — The ball is now in the municipal court to protect Muskoka residents from people visiting here from locked down red zones like Toronto. Dr. Charles Gardner, medical officer for health for Simcoe and Muskoka, said this afternoon he is writing to towns and cities “urging” them to restrict their […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jim Reynolds’ 50-year drive to serve the community was recognized yesterday with dozens of surprise messages in stay-at-home celebration. Complete with honking horns. Instead of their weekly noon Zoom meeting, Rotarians delivered their longest serving member a drive-by salute. Rotary has been doing its good deeds in Gravenhurst for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As Simcoe and Muskoka enter the “restricted” orange zone today 77 people tested COVID positive the past three days. Including a Gravenhurst youth under age 18, who had close contact with someone who had the coronavirus. And woman aged 65-79 from Lake of Bays whose case is under investigation. […]
GRAVENHURST — An overnight speed enforcement today led police to a large drug haul and the arrest of three people who now face more than two dozen charges. The OPP said this afternoon that in the early hours of Nov. 22 officers with the Bracebridge detachment stopped a vehicle on Hwy. 11 in Gravenhurst. They say […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com ORILLIA — One of the region’s largest manufacturing facilities — where several people from Muskoka are employed — is reporting a case of COVID. A worker at Kubota Materials tested positive the past few days and the company says in an internal memo, obtained by Orillia Matters, that the employee contracted […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As Simcoe and Muskoka enter the orange zone Monday — with tighter health restrictions — is it time for Muskoka to sever health ties with Simcoe? MPP Norm Miller “thinks that makes sense” — and has told Premier Doug Ford. With just 5 per cent of the 1,837 local […]