Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

The Georgian Triangle Humane Society is moving closer to its goal of a much-needed expansion. It has officially closed on a five-acre property sale located in south Collingwood, which would house a Re...

Online Federal Debates for Simcoe Ridings to Focus on Climate and Environment. As a part of the 100 Debates for the Environment, there will be 4 online debates happening in Simcoe County to ensure tha...

A lost puppy has been reported in Gravenhurst. The town says 5 month old Zaya is an American Bulldog mix, who has been missing from the area of 2nd Street and Main Street since Saturday. She is microc...

The City of Barrie expects to begin the demolition of the W.A. Fisher Auditorium to begin this week. It says the demolition is limited to the W.A. Fisher Auditorium space and will begin in the interio...

In its first update since the start of the long weekend, the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 102 new cases of COVID-19. It says among the new cases, 87 are in unvaccinated or partiall...

The SIU has cleared a Collingwood OPP officer of any wrong-doing in connection with a man's shooting death. It says OPP officers were called about a man in distress at a home on Third Street on Septem...

The annual Orillia Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research is not far away. But, for the second year in a row, the second Sunday after Labour Day will be a virtual fund-raising event across the country. The...

Kaya Maracle of Severn is the 2021 recipient of the Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation's $2,000 Reid Family Scholarship. Started in 2005 through the generosity of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wil...

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario is condemning recent protests held outside of health organizations. It says health professionals have been called names, harassed and threatened, while acc...

Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is now in its fall season. That means Beach Area 4 is now closed for the season, while Beach Areas 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, as well as New Wasaga and Allenwood Beach Areas, will...