Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Charges have been laid, following a crash that snarled the morning commute on Highway 11 in Severn Township. Police say a tractor trailer collided with the guardrail on the highway, taking out a porti...

Today is Safer Internet Day. This year's theme is "Together for a better internet". The event calls upon all everyone to join together to make the internet a safer and better place for all, especially...

The 2021 Mariposa Folk Festival has been cancelled. This morning, organizers announced the cancellation of this year's festival, which was scheduled for July 9-11, 2021, due to COVID-19. They say the ...

Ski resorts are finally being allowed to reopen in the province. Starting next Tuesday (February 16), the ski lifts can start running again, once the province lifts the shutdown restrictions in Grey B...

Ski resorts are finally being allowed to reopen in the province. Starting next Tuesday (February 16), the ski lifts can start running again, once the province lifts the shutdown restrictions in Simcoe...

Huronia West OPP are investigating a hit and run involving a school bus. Police say the crash happened just before 4 o'clock Monday afternoon on Sunnidale Road in Springwater, where the driver of a bl...

A tip from the public has led to the arrest of a suspected impaired driving in Tiny Township. Last Thursday night, police received a report of a possible drunk driver in the Cedar Point Road area. Off...

Fred Larsen has been named Orillia's 2020 Citizen of the Year. "On behalf of Orillia City Council and the Citizen of the Year selection panel, I'd like to congratulate Fred on being named the 2020 Cit...

A traffic violation in Oro-Medonte has led to the arrest of a 34-year-old man. Police say a vehicle was stopped on Highway 400 on Saturday afternoon, when an impaired driving investigation began and t...

A man's life has been saved in Wasaga Beach, after police found him suffering from a suspected overdose. Police say on Friday, they were called to a motel in the Mosley and Tenth Streets area, where t...