Category Archives: Muskoka News
SMHDU Thurs COVID-19 Update Includes 159 New Cases, 38 Children
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 159 new COVID-19 cases and one new death. 38 of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 68 newly resolved cases and 4 new ...
Dec 16, 2021
MAHC Returns to Essential Visitation Only for Inpatients
With an abundance of caution to contain the spread of COVID-19 and keep patients and staff safe, Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is reducing visitation based on the increasing cases of COVID-19 th...
Dec 16, 2021
Gravenhurst Library Goes Fine Free!
An early Christmas gift is coming from the Gravenhurst Public Library! It is going fine free, which means that starting immediately, all outstanding overdue fines will be cleared from people's Gravenh...
Dec 16, 2021 Source: Gravenhurst Library
Here We Blow Again...But This Time With Double-Digit Temperatures
It is going to be a record-breaking warm December day with temperatures expected to reach the double-digits. But the winds are also supposed to pick up, with possible gusts from 70-90 km/hr. As a resu...
Dec 16, 2021 Source; The Weather Network
Ontarians 18+ Eligible for COVID-19 Booster Appointments at Three-Month Interval
The Province will allow Ontarians who are 18 and older to make their appointments for COVID-19 booster shots starting Monday, December 20th - they'll be able to get their booster as soon as it's been ...
Dec 15, 2021
SMHDU Wed COVID-19 Update Includes 108 New Cases, 37 Children
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health unit (SMDHU) is reporting 108 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death. 37 of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 78 newly resolved cases. To date, 88...
Dec 15, 2021
Federal Government Advises Canadians Against Non-Essential Travel Outside The Country
The Federal government is advising Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside Canada. The rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant is behind today's travel advisory. The Federal government wi...
Dec 15, 2021 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos at Dec. 15th announcement. Image from CPAC
Health Unit Taking Additional Actions To Prevent Further Spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron Variant
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant takes hold in Ontario with modeling projections showing an alarming spread in the population, and as Simcoe Muskoka continues to see high rates of COVID-19,...
Dec 15, 2021
Team Burke, Royal LePage Lakes of Muskoka Real Estate proud to be Huntsville Hospital Foundation's newest Business Cares partner
Team Burke, Royal LePage Lakes of Muskoka Real Estate is happy to announce they are the most recent and 57th partner to join the Huntsville Hospital Foundation's Business Cares Program. Their donation...
Dec 15, 2021
77 Year Old Huntsville Woman $100,000 Richer Thanks To Lotto Win
Huntsville resident Ursula Lavalley is $100,000 richer after winning the top prize with Instant Holiday Magic. The 77 yr old is a regular lottery player, and this is her first big win. "I felt shaky a...
Dec 15, 2021