Category Archives: Collingwood News
Rogers CEO Apologizes For Outage; Voices Concern For Inability To Contact Emergency Services
Rogers Communications President and CEO Tony Staffieri says that the company is investigating the cause of Friday's service outage that cut off users from cell phone and internet access and brought bu...
Jul 10, 2022
OPP Hoping Passengers Speak Up Against Distracted Driving
The OPP is asking passengers to get involved in the fight against distracted driving. Acting Sergeant Terri-Ann Pencarinha says she's seen too many tragic crashes caused by a driver texting behind the...
Jul 10, 2022 (Image source: wired.com)
Georgian College Holding Virtual Events
Georgian College will be offering virtual events for anyone looking to attend college this fall. The program is called Get to Know Georgian and will have virtual events on Tuesday, July 12th, and Tues...
Jul 10, 2022 Georgian Logo
Orangeville Man Charged With Robbery Of Alliston Pharmacy
OPP have laid charges after the robbery of a pharmacy in Alliston. On Friday afternoon, police received a call that a man had gone into the pharmacy, told employees that he had a gun, and demanded nar...
Jul 10, 2022 OPP Logo
Roger Unsure Why Failsafes Stopped Working
It was a long day not just for Rogers users, but seemingly everyone, thanks to an outage of Rogers wireless and internet services. For most of yesterday, cell phones, home and business internet servic...
Jul 09, 2022
OPP Investigating Vandalism at Midland Cemetery
The OPP is investigating recent acts of vandalism at a cemetery in Midland. Police say it has received complaints of headstones being defaced and damage to cemetery buildings on King Street since May....
Jul 07, 2022
Midland Chooses Barrie Firm To Develop Waterfront Land
The Town of Midland has chosen a developer for its Midland Bay Landing waterfront project. Georgian Communities of Barrie was selected from a short list of three candidates. The first phase of the dev...
Jul 06, 2022 Midland Bay Landing conceptual drawing.
Source: Town of Midland.
OPP seek Four Suspects In Tay Township Boat Thefts
The OPP are looking for four people who stole a pontoon boat and trailer from a marina along Highway 400 in Tay Township. It happened late Tuesday when the four in a dark pick up truck, got through a ...
Jul 06, 2022 OPP Photo
Local Hospitals Launch New Patient Portal
Four local hospitals have launched a new patient portal, aptly named my health care, allowing patients to become more actively engaged in their own healthcare journey. The portal is available to patie...
Jul 06, 2022
SMDHU Update Includes 243 New COVID-19 Cases, 7 Deaths
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 243 new COVID-19 cases and seven deaths. Today's update also includes six new hospitalizations. 22 people are currently hospitalized throug...
Jul 05, 2022