Beinn Gorm Highlanders in Collingwood have been busy keeping the Scottish culture and traditions alive by practicing piping and drumming once a week, with participants ranging from six years old into their mid-80s.
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BARRIE Up to now, the only location able to deliver the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine was at the clinic on Sperling Drive, but on Monday, that all changed. The mass vaccination clinic at the Holly Recreation Centre on Mapleton Avenue in Barrie officially opened its doors, one of several clinics now ready to offer the vaccine. Simcoe Muskoka s top doctor, Dr. Charles Gardner, calls the opening a piece of history in the making. We greatly expanded the base of immunization throughout all of Simcoe Muskoka from one fixed site to 13 through the course of the week, he says. Other clinics, including the one at the Collingwood Legion along with others at the Alliston Memorial Arena and Hunstville Active Centre, also opened.
COLLINGWOOD, ONT. The raw emotion from the front lines is evident in Collingwood as hospital staff struggle to deal with an influx of patients. Dr. Brian Recoskie, Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH), is brought to tears as he pleads with the community to heed the health guidelines. You feel like the weight of the world is on us right now, Recoskie says. Simcoe Muskoka will move into the red zone of the province s COVID-19 framework on Monday at 12:01 a.m., meaning tightened restrictions. While the COVID-19 case count had remained relatively low in the area, CGMH president and CEO Norah Holder says numbers have started to climb in recent weeks.