Category Archives: Muskoka News
Community Grant Applications Open In Muskoka Lakes
Community grant applications are now being accepted in Muskoka Lakes. The available grants provide funding to non-profit, community-based organizations that provide direct programs, services, activiti...
Apr 05, 2021
Markham Residents Facing Drug Charges In Kearney
Two Markham residents face drug charges after a RIDE stop on Main Street in Kearney. Officers detected the odour of cannabis and charged the pair with possession of more than four cannabis plants and ...
Apr 05, 2021
Lakeland Networks Awarded $4.8 Million Rural High Speed Fibre Internet Project
Lakeland Networks is receiving $3.1 million in Universal Broadband funding for its $4.8 million rural community high-speed fibre internet project. The company is also contributing $1.7 million to Proj...
Apr 05, 2021
Provincewide Emergency Brake: Week One
It's week one of the so-called provincewide Emergency Brake. The Ontario government says the decision was made as a result of an alarming surge in case numbers and COVID-19 hospitalizations, with the ...
Apr 05, 2021
It's Easter Monday: What's Open/Closed?
Today is Easter Monday, also known as Bright Monday, Renewal Monday, Wet Monday, and Dyngus Day---- the Monday immediately after Easter Sunday. It is observed by many Christian groups, but primarily b...
Apr 05, 2021 Somewhere in the world today... / CC
Province-wide Shutdown Starts Saturday
Ontario is headed into Shutdown status starting Saturday. Today Premier Doug Ford said it's up to him to make the tough decision: "Effective Sat, April 3rd at 12:01 am Ontario will pull the emergency ...
Apr 01, 2021
Two Face Drug Charges Following Traffic Stop In Parry Sound
Two people face drug charges after a traffic stop in Parry Sound. It happened on March 24th on Pine Street. Police seized over $4,000 worth of cocaine and fentanyl, plus $1,100 in Canadian cash. The a...
Apr 01, 2021 Photo: OPP cruiser
Province Announces Additional Pharmacies Providing COVID-19 Vaccine
The Province has announced new pharmacy sites where you can get a COVID-19 vaccine. In our region, they include two in Parry Sound and 25 in Simcoe-Muskoka. They are part of nearly 380 additional phar...
Apr 01, 2021 NIAID / CC
April Fool's Flurries?
The weather today is going to seem like an April Fool's Day joke... It is calling for high winds and flurries this morning, with a high of minus 1, well below the normal high for this time of year, wh...
Apr 01, 2021 Mashtrelo
COVID-19 Outbreak On RVH’s Cardiac Renal Unit
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has declared a COVID-19 outbreak on the Cardiac Renal Inpatient unit. Three patients with a li...
Apr 01, 2021