Author Archives: Laura Hampshire
Ready, Set, Mo: It's Movember!
It's Movember. The annual campaign raises money for men's health, including projects across mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. By 2030, the charity says it ai...
Nov 01, 2020 Movember
Electricity Rates Have Gone Up With New Pricing Options
Electricity rates have gone up again. They increased by 2 percent on Sunday, compared to pre-pandemic prices, while the government's COVID-19 discount on hydro rates, which fixed prices at a lower cos...
Nov 01, 2020
Winter Parking Restrictions In Effect in Blue Mountains
Winter Parking restrictions are now in effect in the town of Blue Mountains. That means no person shall park or stand a vehicle on a roadway in such a manner as to interfere with the removal or cleari...
Nov 01, 2020
Winter Parking Restrictions In Effect In Huntsville
The Town of Huntsville would like to remind residents and visitors that there is no overnight on-street parking from November 1 to April 15. From November to April, on-street parking changes to accomm...
Nov 01, 2020
Huronia West OPP Hosting Criminal & Vulnerable Record Check Blitz
Members of the Huronia West OPP are hosting a Criminal Record and Vulnerable Record Check blitz for area residents this weekend. The blitz is for residents of Wasaga Beach, Springwater Township and Cl...
Oct 30, 2020
Local PPE-Maker Offering To Supply Any Organizations In Need
A local PPE manufacturer says it is ready to help the COVID-19 crisis on a global scale. The innovators of the Shield-U face shield are offering to supply any government or private sector organization...
Oct 30, 2020 Molded Precision Components
Orillia Square Mall Hosting Drive-In Movie Night For Charity
The Orillia Square Mall is hosting a drive-in movie night. A 4K projector and a 40-foot inflatable screen will be set up in the mall's back parking lot at 7 o'clock tonight, when you can watch the 201...
Oct 30, 2020 Facebook
Trunk Or Treat Event In Orillia Has A Waiting List
A Halloween event in Orillia has filled up quickly. Derick Lehmann, the Orillia Youth Centre, and ODAS Park are teaming up to bring local children a safe Halloween experience this weekend, but all spa...
Oct 30, 2020 Facebook
Poppy Campaign Kick-Off Ceremony This Morning: Watch Here
The Central Ontario Poppy Campaign is being launched in Barrie this morning. Every year, from the last Friday of October to November 11, tens of millions of Canadians wear a Poppy as a visual pledge t...
Oct 30, 2020 Royal Canadian Legion
Celebrating Halloween In Wasaga Beach
As we get closer to Halloween, the Town of Wasaga Beach is reminding residents to follow the advice of health experts when it comes to participating in the annual night of ghosts, goblins, and all thi...
Oct 29, 2020