Category Archives: Collingwood News

A 911 call to the OPP Communication Centre at approximately 3:00 a.m. September 2, resulted in emergency services being dispatched to a report that a single vehicle had crashed into a utility pole and...

Provincial police have charged a 25- year-old London man in connection with an incident over the weekend in which a couple of OPP cruisers were damaged in Wasaga Beach. They're working on finding a se...

A 15-year-old dirt bike operator suffered serious injuries in a collision with a pickup truck in Elmvale. It happened last evening at 8:48 pm near Robinson Road and Yonge Street. Three other dirt bike...

The Meaford International Film Festival (MIFF) opens today. The four-day event at the Meaford Hall kicks off with a screening of the award-winning documentary Flee, which organizers say tells the true...

After a 3-year hiatus, Georgian Triangle Humane Society's Kittypalooza is back! The adoption event, sponsored by Mullin's Pet Market, will be held Friday, September 9th and Saturday, September 10th be...

Donald Rose of Wasaga has that "6/49 feeling" after winning a LOTTO 6/49 second prize worth $192,687.60 in the July 20th LOTTO 6/49 draw. Donald, a 58-year-old retiree, said he's been a regular lotter...

A pair of kayakers were rescued from the Minesing Swamp by helicopter this week. OPP received a call at 7:45 p.m. on Sunday from a pair of 18-year-old kayakers that had become lost in the swamp and ne...

A group called Ripple of Kindness Barrie has set up a go fund me page for the families of six Barrie young people, who died in a car crash on the weekend. The page had already raised about 40 thousand...

A Good Samaritan is being credited with saving a life in Georgian Bay Township. On August 23rd at 11 am Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Muskoka EMS were dispatched to a report o...

In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) the COVID-19 outbreak declared on Collingwood General & Marine Hospital's (CGMH) Medical Unit on August 10th has now been decl...