Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

You can still get tickets for this week's Pay Equity Breakfast by Dress for Success Orillia and Barrie. It's the non-profit organization's first in-person event since the beginning of the pandemic and...

The Township of Springwater is taking steps to improve the work-life balance of its employees through a new 4-day week pilot program. Springwater Council has voted unanimously to bring in a 4-day comp...

Letter to the Community - April 8, 2022 We all want the pandemic to be over, and when Ontario and many other jurisdictions started to lift masking and other restrictions last month, it felt for a mome...

The OPP is appealing for information, after a vehicle was stolen in Bracebridge. Police say a gold coloured, four door Volkswagen sedan with plate CVBV 995 was stolen from the McCrank Drive area betwe...

Expect to hear plenty of booms and bangs near CFB Borden. Soldiers from the Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot in Angus will be conducting controlled detonations at the base for the next couple of days....

There has been a fatal crash in Wasaga Beach. Police say two vehicles collided on Mosley Street just before midnight on Saturday, sending both drivers to hospital, where one of them was pronounced dea...

There is a new youth competitive cycling team in town. Collingwood Collective Racing is being spear-headed by Bruce Zigman, owner of Summit Social House and bike shop. Zigman banded together with 10 o...

Yvonne Sauve won the top prize worth nearly $36.5 million dollars in the January 12th LOTTO 6/49 draw. Yvonne, who works in retail, said one of her colleagues asked her if she had a ticket for the LOT...

The Home and Garden show is taking place all weekend at the Recplex in Wasaga Beach. The 28th annual Lions Club event will feature new exhibitors with plenty of home renovations and decorating tips. A...

The Georgian Triangle Humane Society has been awarded the 2022 Wellness Innovation Grant. The CGMH Wellness Innovation Fund supports innovative wellness initiatives throughout the South Georgian Bay R...