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Orillia Now Has A Street Honouring Gordon Lightfoot.
Orillia's Centennial Drive is being renamed Lightfoot Drive, in honour of legendary singer and songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. Council passed the necessary bylaw Monday afternoon. The route runs along Orillia's waterfront and Mayor Don McIsaac says the renaming recognizes a local icon, and global ambassador of Orillia. Li...
Apr 22, 2024
Orillia OPP Looking for Shoplifters
Orillia OPP have released images of two suspects wanted for several thefts at a local business. Police say the thefts occurred over a couple days in February. Anyone with information is asked to contract Orillia OPP or Crime Stoppers. Can you assist #OrilliaOPP in identifying these individuals involved in thefts at loc...
Apr 22, 2024
Parks Canada Releasing Water From Lakes Simcoe, Couchiching.
Parks Canada advises that due to higher-than-normal water levels on Lakes Simcoe and Couchiching, the discharge valves at Lock 42 - Couchiching, near Washago, have been opened. This operation will immediately increase the water levels and flows between Lock 42 - Couchiching and the channel below the Severn River. The p...
Apr 16, 2024
Barrie Police Launch Public Campaign For Information On Missing Woman.
Billboards and mobile ads are appearing across the Barrie area, as city police try to generate new leads in the disappearance of Autumn Shaganash. She was reported missing last June and was last seen in the area of Sunnidale park. Five transit buses and four electronic billboards will carry the appeal. There is also a...
Apr 09, 2024
Two People Charged In Orillia For Suspected Impaired Driving
Orillia OPP says that their proactive efforts led to the arrest of two people on impaired driving charges. Just before 8 p.m. Thursday, an officer was patrolling the area of West Street South in Orillia, and pulled over a vehicle because of a violation of the Highway Traffic Act, and while conducting the stop had found...
Apr 07, 2024
SIU Invokes Mandate Following Use Of ARWEN In Orillia
The province's Special Investigations Unit is now looking into an incident this weekend that led to police discharging an Anti-Riot Weapon Enfield at a 33-year-old man. At around 4:30 on Friday morning, police had been called to a person in crisis on Queen Street in Orillia. OPP officers found a man who was threatening...
Mar 31, 2024
Two People Face Impaired Driving Charges Following Incident At Local Care Home
Two people are now charged with impaired driving after Orillia OPP got a report of an incident at a local care home. Police were called early yesterday afternoon when a resident of the home was leaving with two people without the staff's knowledge. A patrol was set up to try and find the people and the vehicle involved...
Mar 30, 2024
Wasaga Beach Resident Charged With Drug Trafficking Following Police Search
A 22-year-old from Wasaga Beach is now facing a drug trafficking charge following a search being carried out by police. Huronia West OPP executed the search warrant as part of a drug trafficking investigation involving someone apparently trafficking drugs in Wasaga Beach and Collingwood. On March 20th, the OPP Communit...
Mar 22, 2024
Thousands Sign Petition To Rename Highway 400 To Honour Gordon Lightfoot.
Nearly 13,000 people have added their names to an on-line petition, asking the provincial government to name Highway 400 after Gordon Lightfoot. The music icon, who was born in Orillia, died last spring at the age of 84. The petition suggests the highway be renamed the Gordon Lightfoot Memorial Highway. You"ll fin...
Mar 19, 2024
Christian Island Man Facing Charges After Thefts From Vehicles In Penetang
Southern Georgian Bay OPP says that a Christian Island resident is now facing theft-related charges after he was apprehended by a citizen. Police received a call of someone trying to break into a vehicle on Fox Street in Penetanguishene just after midnight yesterday. Officers were sent to the area, and shortly afterwar...
Mar 03, 2024
County Trashes Planned Recycling and Organics Facility
Simcoe County is pulling the plug on an organics and recycling facility that was first proposed more than a decade ago. County Councillors have voted to cancel the project, proposed for a plot of land off Horseshoe Valley Road in Springwater Township. Instead, they'll negotiate contracts with private companies to handl...
Feb 28, 2024
Midland Man Charged With Theft After Returning To Affected Business Days Later
Southern Georgian Bay OPP has charged one person following a theft investigation at a Midland convenience store. The store clerk called police when the person, who was the suspect in an incident at the store a few days before, returned to the business on Midland Avenue. Police arrested the 21-year-old nearby and charge...
Feb 25, 2024
One Person Charged In OPP Drug Trafficking Investigation
Orillia OPP's Community Street Crimes Unit has laid drug trafficking charges following an investigation that led to the seizure of drugs and cash. Police started their investigation last month into a person who was allegedly trafficking drugs into the city. This past Thursday, police arrested the person thought to be r...
Feb 24, 2024
Burlington Teen Charged With Impaired Driving In Midland
Southern Georgian Bay OPP have charged a 17-year-old with impaired driving following a call from another driver. At around 1:30 yesterday morning, a driver reported seeing a vehicle failing to stop for a stop sign, and then end up in a ditch at the intersection of Brunelle Sideroad and Fuller Drive in the Town of Midla...
Feb 19, 2024
Head-On Snowmobile Crash On Lost Channel Kills One Driver Overnight
The OPP is investigating a fatal head-on snowmobile collision that happened overnight in Georgian Bay Township. The crash happened between two snowmobiles on the waterway known as the Lost Channel, killing one driver. Emergency services from the OPP, Simcoe Paramedic Services, and Georgian Bay Township Fire Services re...
Feb 17, 2024
Oro-Medonte Resident Charged With Impaired Driving-Related Charges After Vehicle Hits Pole
An Oro-Medonte resident is now facing impaired driving-related charges after Orillia OPP was called to a single-vehicle collision. Police responded to the call just before 3 p.m. yesterday, after a vehicle struck a hydro pole on Line 12 South in Oro-Medonte Township. It was reported that the driver, who appeared to be ...
Feb 17, 2024
Orillia Woman Charged Following Threat At Local High School
One person from Orillia is facing charges after police responded to reports of a potential threat at a local high school. At around 11:30 yesterday morning, the school's administration called the police after receiving a threat from an anonymous phone number. Police and school staff worked together to address the threa...
Feb 17, 2024
Derick Lehmann named Orillia's 2023 Citizen of the Year
Derick Lehmann is Orillia's 2023 Citizen of the Year, as named at a special presentation during the Council meeting on Feb. 12, 2024. "On behalf of Orillia City Council and the Citizen of the Year selection panel, I'd like to congratulate Derick Lehmann on being named the 2023 Citizen of the Year," said Mayor...
Feb 12, 2024
Tall Pines Music & Arts Festival Announces 2024 Headline Acts
The Tall Pines Music And Arts Festival at Gull Lake Park in Gravenhurst has announced its 2024 headlining acts. They include City and Colour and July Talk who will headline an all-Canadian lineup the weekend of July 19th and 20th. Early bird tickets can be bought at the festival's website starting February 15th.
Feb 08, 2024
Tiny Twp. House Damaged by Fire
Tiny Township Fire crews were busy early Tuesday fighting a fire at a house on Methodist Point road. They got the call around 11:30 Monday night and remained on the scene well into the morning hours. There's heavy damage, but no injuries have been reported. P3, SQD1, T1, T3, T4, SQD2 operating at well involved structur...
Feb 06, 2024
Stolen OPP Rifle Recovered
A police issued firearm, stolen over the weekend in Angus, has been recovered. OPP converged on Brentwood Road after the Colt C8 rifle was stolen from a police vehicle Saturday. They're not releasing information about how the weapon was taken. -UPDATE #2-#nottyopp have recovered a police-issued firearm that was stolen ...
Feb 06, 2024
Police Issued Firearm Stolen From Police Vehicle In Angus
Members of the Nottawasaga Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment are currently on scene at Brentwood Road in Angus, conducting an investigation into the theft of a police-issued firearm (Colt C8 rifle) from a police vehicle. The OPP is asking the public to be aware of the following: The stolen firearm poses a risk...
Feb 05, 2024
OPP Seek Weapon Stolen From Police Vehicle
The OPP are investigating the theft of a rifle from a police vehicle in Angus. Officers converged on Brentwood Road Sunday for a search. Police say the stolen firearm poses a risk to public safety and they're advising anyone who encounters suspicious activity or someone with a firearm to call 9-1-1 immediately.
Feb 05, 2024
Fire Damages House in Gravenhurst.
There were no injuries, but there was $100 thousand in damage in a house fire in Gravenhurst Sunday. Crews were called to a house on John Street where a fire had broken out on the exterior of the building and spread inside through the attic. The occupants all escaped safely, and the cause has been determined to be acci...
Feb 05, 2024
Police Charge Impaired Driver; Found They Had Previously Appeared In Court On Separate Impaired Driving Charge
Orillia OPP has charged a woman with impaired operation. Police stopped a driver in the area of Highway 12 and Memorial Avenue just before 3:30 Thursday afternoon, who was on their cell phone while driving. Officers found the driver was impaired and arrested her. They then found out that she had just appeared in court ...
Feb 04, 2024