Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

The Mayor of Orillia is furious over an event planned for the waters off Chief Island. It is an area considered sacred territory by the community, where an upcoming Facebook event called "Boats and Ro...

Financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic are being blamed for the closure of three YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka locations. It has reportedly been forced to close three of its fitness centres in Barr...

Summer 2020 has been an active tornado season in Ontario. According to the Weather Network, on average, Ontario sees roughly 12.6 tornadoes a year, and so far, 23 have been confirmed, with at least on...

Two people had to be rescued from the Minesing Wetlands. Huronia West OPP and Springwater Fire crews were called to the area Wednesday afternoon, when the pair became trapped on a dock in the middle o...

Education Minister Stephen Lecce has spent a trip to Oro-Medonte defending the government's decision not to reduce elementary school class sizes. Lecce visited Shanty Bay yesterday afternoon, just a l...

The children's book, Terry Fox and Me, is now available. The story is from the perspective of Terry's best friend, Doug Alward, and tells the true story of how two friends supported, challenged, and h...

Outdoor Family Movie Night starts in Wasaga Beach tonight. Bring your own chair/blanket, and maintain a physical distance when you show up at dusk to see Missing Link! At the rotary bandshell at the r...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported a new death related to COVID-19. It revealed in its latest update yesterday that a 90 year old woman from Penetanguishene died after contracting CO...

Hospice Georgian Triangle is launching its annual Art Project today, in celebration of the sixth anniversary of the opening of Campbell House. A record 35 artists are represented in what the hospice i...

The civic long weekend has been a busy one for the Southern Georgian OPP Marine Unit. On Friday night, marine officers stopped a vehicle with stolen plates on the way to the marina on Overhead Bridge ...