Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Georgian College is celebrating Indigenous culture with its first Pow Wow At Home Virtual Festival. Students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to participate, celebrate and learn about Indige...

Today is expected to be the last day of unseasonably mild weather, before the normal winter temperatures return, just in time for the weekend. Flooding and unstable ice are the two major concerns at t...

Today is a National Day of Observance for COVID-19, a day to commemorate lives lost and the significant impacts the virus has had on society. It is the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organiz...

The Ontario government announced the new Tourism Economic Recovery Ministerial Task Force. It will be chaired by former MPP and Cabinet minister Tim Hudak, and give expert advice and recommendations o...

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on March 11th, 2020. Sadly, that was the same day an elderly RVH patient die...

"Be kind to yourself and others." That's the message from our region's medical officer of health. Dr. Charles Gardner says while COVID-19 variants are a concern, the pandemic is also affecting people'...

Ontario's leading mental health and addiction organizations are coming together to say Everything Is Not OK. It's a new campaign that highlights the impacts of COVID-19 on the mental health of childre...

The Ontario government is preparing to move into Phase Two of its COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan next month. Details were provided today by Premier Doug Ford, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and...

A C. difficile outbreak has been declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland. It was declared on Tuesday, in consultation with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). GBGH says the d...

There has been plenty of police activity in Barrie today. A search for a suspected impaired driver this morning had police place Hillcrest Public School in Hold and Secure for a couple of hours. Polic...