Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Police are investigating a suspicious incident in Barrie. On Sunday afternoon, two young women walking a dog in the Ardagh Bluffs between Eaglestone Lane and Cumming Drive told police they heard what ...

The new Barrie Small Business Tax Relief Grant program has been given initial approval by Council. It would provide grants of up to $5,000 for qualifying small businesses to help with property tax cos...

Premier Doug Ford is not happy that young people are now making up 50 percent of new COVID19 cases in the province. Ontario reported nearly 2,094 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with 10 more de...

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the delayed March break is still scheduled to happen. Lecce says parents should still plan for the delayed March break happening starting on April 12 and addition...

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending a pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for people under 55 due to safety concerns. Provinces are being advised to stop...

The Wasaga Beach Fire Department has moved the fire danger rating from high to moderate. With the early spring weather, yard work is on everyone's mind, but the Municipal Law Enforcement Department wo...

Now is not the time to travel. That's the message from the Prime Minister. Justin Trudeau wrote on Twitter last night that if you have plans to head somewhere for the long weekend, cancel them. He say...

In its first update from the weekend, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 172 new COVID-19 cases, along with one more death related to the virus-a New Tecumseth woman between 65 and 7...

A vehicle in the ditch in Waubaushene has led to impaired driving charges. Police say the accident happened on Saturday night on Highway 12 at Gervais Road, where officers began an impaired driving in...

More details have been released about a police chase and arrests made in Midland. Police say 130 charges have been laid against six people in connection with the incident. The OPP says officers spotte...