Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Lakehead University is implementing a new mental health support for students called "Talk Campus." With TalkCampus, students have free access to instant, ongoing peer support via their smartphones wit...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP Officer Debra Brown has been nominated for a Police Hero Award. PC Brown's nomination states: OPP Officer Debra Brown has been in my life since the age of 15. Throughout that...

Access to COVID-19 vaccines in Muskoka is going to be improved. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) says it is aware of the concerns in the district and a desire for vaccination clinics to...

Saying "yes" to ENCORE paid off for Margaret Ross of Port Severn. She matched the last six of seven ENCORE numbers in exact order in the January 5th LOTTO MAX draw to win $100,000! Margaret, a 60-year...

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind anyone who may be celebrating Saint Patrick's Day to do so responsibly. Saint Patrick's Day is supposed to be a fun day, yet, it can also becom...

A Bracebridge officer has been nominated for a Police Hero Award. The Police Association of Ontario says Constable Samantha Bigley has gone above and beyond in her role with the Bracebridge OPP. It sa...

PC Kent Taylor and PC Michael Kitchen of Orillia OPP have both been nominated for a Police Hero Award. Taylor for initiating a program to support and mentor young men in the community and Kitchen for ...

A special webinar is being held this week on the deadly opioid crisis. Opioids in our Community - Crisis within a Pandemic is an educational forum to learn more about opioids and how they are impactin...

The government of Canada is providing more than 10-thousand dollars to support the Royal Canadian Legion #262 in Elmvale. Doug Shipley, Member of Parliament for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, says th...

New research published this week has found the coronavirus variant originating in the United Kingdom, called B.1.1.7, is substantially more deadly than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. According to ...