Author Archives: Laura Hampshire
Say Goodbye To Lower Pump Prices
Say good bye to cheap gas prices! Oil prices have jumped more than $1 a barrel this morning after major producers finally agreed their biggest-ever output cut. A group known as OPEC+ agreed yesterday ...
Apr 13, 2020
Canada Releases COVID-19 Projections
With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam...
Apr 09, 2020
Witnesses Sought After Pedestrian Critically Injured In Barrie
Barrie police are looking for witnesses, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early this morning. Around 1:30am, police were called to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in the area ...
Apr 09, 2020
Sign Up For Orillia Summer Programs For Free
In an effort to help parents and families during the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Orillia Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is offering registration for its popular summer camps with no upfro...
Apr 09, 2020
Orillia Good Friday Service Changes
As for what's shut down in Orillia this weekend, there will be no Orillia Transit/OWLS on Friday, April 10 and Sunday, April 12, but it will run Monday, April 13. Due to the Easter holiday, there will...
Apr 09, 2020
Four People Arrested In Wasaga Beach Drug Bust
Four people have been arrested, following a drug bust in Wasaga BEach. Last week, police executed a search warrant at a home in the town, where officers seized scales, packaging materials, drug paraph...
Apr 09, 2020
OSPCA Sets Up Urgent Animal Care Fund
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has set up an Urgent Animal Care Fund with other SPCAs and humane societies in Ontario to help animal organizations in the province continue to care for animals and...
Apr 09, 2020
Barrie Police Chase Results In Arrest
A 29-year-old woman faces numerous charges, following a brief police chase in Barrie Police began following a truck being driven erratically in the Innisfil Street area yesterday morning, but the driv...
Apr 09, 2020
Essential Businesses Closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday
Premier Doug Ford has announced a break for grocery store and pharmacy workers. He says they will get tomorrow and Sunday off for the upcoming holiday long weekend that includes Easter and Passover. F...
Apr 09, 2020
Collingwood Hospital Update
Staff members at Collingwood's hospital are getting through this busy and unprecedented time thanks to help from the community. Collingwood General and Marine Hospital President and CEO Norah Holder s...
Apr 08, 2020