Author Archives: Laura Hampshire

Collingwood General and Marine Hospital (CGMH) is rolling back its Designated Visitor Policy today. At this time, all designated visitors 12 and older must show proof of vaccination and photo identifi...

A traffic stop in Barrie has resulted in the seizure of drugs and a loaded handgun. Police say they stopped a vehicle in the area of Hwy 400 and Essa Road yesterday, when officers noticed a joint sitt...

Simcoe County's Warden and CAO has released a statement, appealing to residents to adhere to public health measures: On December 19, in response to the surge of the Omicron variant, the Province imple...

Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland is further reducing visitation based on the continuing increase in COVID-19 cases in our local community and throughout the region. Effective at 1 p.m. today (...

A concerned citizen has helped the OPP arrest a suspected drunk driver in Springwater. Police say they were contacted about a possible impaired driving leaving a local business in the Snow Valley Road...

Orillia's Mayor has released his latest COVID-19 update. Steve Clarke says the new variant is causing some great concern. Clarke says capacity limits have been reduced in some facilities, while all re...

Collingwood residents are looking at a 2 per cent tax rate increase for 2022. That means for an average home assessed of $327,000, residents can expect an increase of about 46 dollars for the year. Co...

The latest winter storm is expected to move through parts of the region today. Environment Canada has issued a Winter Weather Travel Advisory for most of the region with local snowfall amounts of 5 to...

Today, members of Wasaga Beach Town Council approved the municipality's budget for 2022. "This budget allows us to ensure the continued delivery of valued public services to families and businesses in...

Starting today, Canada is reinstating the requirement for a pre-arrival negative PCR test result for all travellers leaving the country for less than 72 hours. The requirement for pre-arrival testing ...