Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Police are investigating two separate incidents on Highway 400 in Barrie. OPP Sergeant Kerry Schmidt says a person fell from an overpass on the NB lanes of the highway at Dunlop around 6pm Thursday an...

A drug bust in Parry Sound has resulted in four arrests. A search warrant was executed at a home on Bowes Street on Wednesday, when officers seized over $30,000 of suspected cocaine and fentanyl, alon...

Three people have been arrested after a car was ditched on Highway 11 in Severn township. Police say shortly before midnight on Wednesday, they were notified about a vehicle in the ditch on the highwa...

The Ontario government is encouraging all interested individuals and groups to participate in an online public survey on plans to protect and improve Lake Simcoe before the consultation period closes ...

Residents and visitors in Barrie will soon have a new way to pay for parking. Starting on Monday (March 1), drivers will be able to pay for parking from their smartphone using the HotSpot app, which c...

The OPP has released photos of a suspect and vehicle in connection with a robbery in Collingwood. Police say a masked man entered the Canco Gas Station on Hume Street on Monday night, brandished what ...

Ontarians over the age of 80 will be able to book a COVID-19 appointment online as of March 15th. Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, the head of the province's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, made t...

More students are being sent home to get tested for COVID-19. Students in our region returned for in-class learning earlier this month and there are currently 22 active cases of COVID-19 in schools ac...

No new virus-related deaths have been reported in the latest update by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, but it included 43 new COVID-19 cases in the region. The health unit says 3 more local c...

The Simcoe County Museum is hosting Fact or Fiction - Home Edition. It's a virtual event inspired by the very popular Night at the Museum event. During Fact or Fiction - Home Edition, participants wil...