Category Archives: Muskoka News
Ontario Coronavirus Cases Rise by 483 Cases
The number of Coronavirus cases in Ontario is up by 483 cases today. That brings the provincial total to 5,759. Health officials report that there are now 200 deaths up by 26. There are also now 69 ou...
Apr 09, 2020
Small Diesel Fuel Spill In Henshaw Lake
A small diesel fuel spill is being investigated in Henshaw Lake in Port Carling. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says private drinking water supplies may be impacted if they are drawn from the...
Apr 09, 2020
Free Gravenhurst Deliveries Making Things Safer During Covid-19
A new pilot project in Gravenhurst is helping local businesses provide free deliveries during the Covid-19 pandemic. The costs of the project, which launched last week, are being covered by the Graven...
Apr 09, 2020
Canada Releases COVID-19 Projections
With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam...
Apr 09, 2020
Witnesses Sought After Pedestrian Critically Injured In Barrie
Barrie police are looking for witnesses, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early this morning. Around 1:30am, police were called to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in the area ...
Apr 09, 2020
OSPCA Sets Up Urgent Animal Care Fund
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has set up an Urgent Animal Care Fund with other SPCAs and humane societies in Ontario to help animal organizations in the province continue to care for animals and...
Apr 09, 2020
Barrie Police Chase Results In Arrest
A 29-year-old woman faces numerous charges, following a brief police chase in Barrie Police began following a truck being driven erratically in the Innisfil Street area yesterday morning, but the driv...
Apr 09, 2020
Essential Businesses Closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday
Premier Doug Ford has announced a break for grocery store and pharmacy workers. He says they will get tomorrow and Sunday off for the upcoming holiday long weekend that includes Easter and Passover. F...
Apr 09, 2020
Rama First Nation Closed For Tobacco Business Starting Tonight At 6pm
The Rama Moccasin and Smoke Shop report they are closing tonight at 6 pm on orders of the local band council. The announcement, which affects all smoke shops on the reserve, came via their Facebook pa...
Apr 08, 2020
Gravenhurst Residents Sewing Masks To Help Fight Covid-19
A community-minded group are sewing for a great cause in Gravenhurst. Barb McCabe, the organizer for about 40 area sewers and another 35 people who are cutting out materials says the group, called 'th...
Apr 08, 2020