Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

The 58th annual Muskoka Arts & Crafts Summer Show kicks off online today. All weekend art aficionados can join Muskoka Arts & Crafts on their Facebook and website to see the work by the talent...

As part of stage 3 of reopening, almost a dozen playgrounds in Barrie are reopening to the public today. They are: Centennial Park Queen's Park Lampman Community Park Sunnidale Park East Bayfield Comm...

Muskoka Pride is still taking place this weekend, but will be slightly different due to the pandemic. From tomorrow (Sat) until July 26th, the annual week of activities that celebrates Muskoka LGBTQ m...

Collingwood's First Pride Festival was supposed to be this weekend, but unfortunately it had to be postponed until next year. The Rainbow Club of South Georgian Bay, who organized the event, says you ...

Let Stage 3 begin. Much of Ontario is set to enter Stage 3 of the province's reopening plan today, with the exception of regions in the GTA, Windsor and Niagara. It includes the resumption of indoor d...

A crash in Oro-Medonte has left a 30-year-old woman seriously injured. She was airlifted to the hospital yesterday afternoon, following a collision between a vehicle and a trailer on Highway 93 betwee...

The OPP has received many calls regarding a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam in Orillia. This is the scam where someone calls pretending they're a police officer or other enforcement official stating ...

Members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) report that Tyler LEPPARD-CONANT of Tay Township was located with the assistance of the public at 10:40 a.m. toda...

The City of Barrie has created an online map for residents to suggest locations where they would like to see a speed cushion in 2021. It's one of many tactics to slow down motorists in parts of the ci...

The SIU is investigating the death of a 73 year old man, after he reportedly refused to wear a mask and started assaulting people at a grocery store in Haliburton. The incident began yesterday morning...