Category Archives: Collingwood News
General and Marine Hospital Relaxes Visitor Policy
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital is moving to Phase 3, from phase 2a, of the hospital's Designated Visitor Policy effective May 25. Phase 3 of the designated visitor policy allows higher on-sit...
May 24, 2022
Woman Charged With Fraud in Tiny Township
A Tiny Township resident has been charged in connection to a charity fraud investigation at the Kelly Shires Breast Cancer Foundation. The Criminal Investigation Unit attached to the Southern Georgian...
May 24, 2022 OPP Photo via Twitter.
Bowls For Beds Fundraiser Has Begun
The annual Bowls for Beds Fundraiser has returned. It is for Home Horizon and The Barbara Weider House, while raising awareness about youth homelessness in our community. It will be a a two-part event...
May 24, 2022 Source: Home Horizon
Clean-Up Continues After Deadly Weekend Storm
The cleanup continues, following a deadly storm that blew across southern Ontario and Quebec over the long weekend. Hydro crews are still working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of customers...
May 24, 2022 Source: Northern Tornadoes Project
Cyclist Killed in Blue Mountains Crash Identified
The victim of a fatal crash in the Blue Mountains has been identified. The OPP says 71 year old Leslie Irvine Beattie was killed when the bicycle he was riding was hit by a motorcycle on Highway 26 on...
May 24, 2022
Charges Laid Following Crash in Springwater
Charges have been laid, following a crash in Springwater. The OPP says the two-vehicle collision happened on Highway 27 early Saturday morning. Police say the passenger of one vehicle fled the scene o...
May 24, 2022 Photo from OPP
SMDHU Fri Report Includes 139 New COVID-19 Cases, 1 Death
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 139 new COVID-19 cases and 1 death. Today's update - the first since Wednesday - also includes 2 new hospitalizations. There are currently ...
May 20, 2022
SIU Investigating Man's Death In the Archipelago
The province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the death of a 58-year-old man in the Archipelago. So far, the investigation has determined that at noon yesterday, the man called the...
May 20, 2022
Carly's Angels Donates To Twin-Pad Arena and Library Project
Another donation has been made to the new twin pad arena and library project in Wasaga Beach. Carly's Angels has donated $17,000 to the campaign and as a result, the junior change room and eight arena...
May 20, 2022 Source: Town of Wasaga Beach
May 2-4 Weekend Has Arrived!
What's considered the first unofficial long weekend of the summer has arrived. It's the Victoria Day weekend, also known as May 2-4, and as usual, the OPP will be stepping up enforcement on area roadw...
May 20, 2022 lorenz.markus97 / CC