Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The province is reporting 64 cases regionally today. That’s up from 40 Sunday and 50 Saturday. Friday there were 34. This as a local vaccine rollout continues across Muskoka this week with Moderna doses being to be handed out in Gravenhurst and Port Carling through the Cottage Country […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — They dropped by, blew bubbles, laughed, cried and toasted “Dunc” Veitch last night. Phillip Street was blocked at 6 p.m. with way more than 100 mourners, as family, friends and his many admirers celebrated the life of a “natural-born comedian” who was clearly loved by so many young and […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOA — Local diners craving restaurant food can now dine-in in larger numbers starting today. This as Simcoe-Muskoka had 50 new COVID cases today, says the province, which also reported 1,829 new cases. Toronto had 593, Peel 287, York 157, North Bay-Parry Sound 4, Sudbury 43 and Thunder Bay 32. As […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Two more Huntsville COVID cases Friday were among a jump to 1,745 province-wide. And some of 57 in Simcoe-Muskoka, reports local public health. There were 41 cases locally Thursday. This as Ontarians aged 75+ are now eligible for vaccines — and hundreds more pharmacies are about to offer injections […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Students struggling with COVID class challenges and online learning got a boost from the local Lions Club. Club members presented a cheque to the Gravenhurst Public School to help two families with access to the internet for the rest of the school year. Keeping up with class assignments and […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — The age has come down five years for those who can get COVID vaccines. This as the province reported 34 cases in Simcoe-Muskoka Friday, the province 1,745 and Toronto 478, Peel 344 and York 174. The health unit says today that adults 75 and older can pre-register now and throughout the weekend for […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com PARRY SOUND — Belvedere Heights Home for the Aged here is being allocated 24 new long-term care spaces bringing to 125 the number of people who can be accomodated. “The number of people in West Parry Sound who need long-term care spaces is high and is expected to rise even more […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — As lower tier governments like Bracebridge toe the line on budgets in these tough times, the District of Muskoka is increasing yours. Two weeks ago Bracebridge councillors passed their “municipal budget and business plan” with “zero increase” while touting an “ambitious capital program.” Gravenhurst approved a 1.5 per cent […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — So the province posted this morning that the region had 15 COVID cases today. This afternoon the health unit shows its 41 — including a man in Georgian Bay. We’ve been here before over numbers, Ontario saying one thing and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) correcting those […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — March may have come in like a lion, but it’s going out like a lamb. And if the mostly mild month is occasionally running hot and cold days and nights, that’s good for local maple syrup producers large and small. While full-scale production doesn’t seem to be what it […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — Call it a health and safety meeting. Business advocates — “under strain and risk” — confronted the personal and professional challenges of COVID head-on in a virtual face-off with the region’s medical officer of health. Four Muskoka chamber of commerce executive directors met with Dr. Charles Gardner to “share […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Muskokans returned to COVID status today as a “third wave’ is confirmed. The three people — two from Muskoka Lakes and one from Huntsville — were under the age of 18 and ranged up to age 64. And were among 44 as reported Wednesday by the Simcoe Muskoka District […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — More vaccines, more people, more inoculations and more good news — finally. After weeks and months of concern in Muskoka over the pandemic and vaccine rollout, the arrival of additional — if limited — doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine is a small, but welcoming comfort to many Muskokans. Doctors […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Community members are saddened by the sudden and “tragic” death of another prominent business person in town. Dap Thach died at his home early yesterday morning. He was 48. The popular local accountant had just gotten up about 8 a.m. when he collapsed and died, said his father-in-law Sang […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — As vaccinations ramp up today so do COVID cases in Simcoe with 71 more people testing positive. Muskoka had no new cases. But a new vaccine did reach Muskoka Tuesday, with the first of 360 doses of the AstraZeneca being handed out this week at the Algonquin and Cottage […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — A pandemic milestone passed Sunday as the region had cases 7,000 and 7,001. Both were in Simcoe and among 120 reported Monday by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). A Lake of Bays man, 18-34, was among them. He is under investigation after reporting on Feb. 24 with […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — It was probably to be expected. As the province opened its vaccine booking centre at 8 a.m. this morning — and after weeks locally of difficulty getting said appointments or least of all on the waiting list — the local public health says they were left out of the online loop as […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — On Valentine’s Day your sweetheart would have seen 31 cases of COVID in Simcoe-Muskoka. Today, a month later, there are 50 cases. And in the past week — Sunday to Sunday — there have been 324 cases, shows a look at provincial numbers. Those eight days, March 7-14, cases […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — A new business, a Good Samaritan and a close call. Downtown Gravenhurst avoided another near disaster Friday afternoon when a fire erupted out back in the laneway behind the new True North cannabis shop due to open on Muskoka Road south on Thursday. It’s was almost up in smoke […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com SIMCOE-MUSKOKA — Year 2 of the pandemic begins with no new cases in Muskoka — but 45 in Simcoe today. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says all of the cases for Thursday March 12 are south of the Severn River, including 1 each in Severn Township and Orillia. The health […]