Category Archives: Collingwood News
Two Drivers Arrested For Allegedly Speeding in Parking Lot
Huronia West OPP have arrested two drivers for allegedly speeding in the parking lot at the Wasaga Beach Walmart. OPP Staff Sgt. Andy Tait says the incident happened last Wednesday night, when the two...
Aug 25, 2021 Source: OPP
Monthly Transit Passes Now Available For Purchase Online
The Town of Collingwood is pleased to announce that you can now purchase your monthly transit passes for Colltrans and the Blue Mountains Link bus online at collingwood.usetransit.com. For convenience...
Aug 25, 2021
Don't Let Your Guard Down Against COVID-19: SMDHU
"Don't let your guard down against COVID-19." That's the message from our local Medical Officer of Health to all Simcoe-Muskoka residents, including those who are fully vaccinated. https://www.youtube...
Aug 25, 2021
Fake 50's Surface In The Collingwood Area
The Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP are warning area businesses of the use of counterfeit Canadian currency as officers have received five reports of counterfeit money used in the area in the l...
Aug 24, 2021 Angle Front of the new Canadian 50 dollar bill, released into circulation March 26, 2012. Made from a polymer of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) it makes the bills more durable and harder to counterfeit. The front depicts Canada's 10th Prime William Lyon Mackenzie King.
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 21 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 21 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. New cases include 6 in Barrie, 5 in New Tecumseth, 2 each in Tay Township and Wasaga Beach, and a ca...
Aug 24, 2021
Swimmer Rescued At Balm Beach Dies In Hospital
A 24 year old Toronto man has died after being pulled from the water at Balm Beach. Emergency crews were called to the beach west of Midland last night, when Good Samaritans were able to locate the ma...
Aug 24, 2021
New Detachment Commander At SGB OPP
Inspector Joseph (Joe) Evans has been appointed as the Detachment Commander of The Southern Georgian Bay OPP. Inspector Evans has been a serving member of the Ontario Provincial Police since 1999 whil...
Aug 24, 2021
Collingwood Launches "On The Move" Initiative
On the Move street signs installed across Collingwood as a community based initiative are designed to encourage students to walk or wheel to school this Fall. Located at distances of 500 m and 1 km fr...
Aug 23, 2021 Photo: Town of Collingwood.
ATVs, Hot Tubs Disappear in Major Tiny Township Theft
More than $100 thousand worth of hot tubs, and a couple of ATV's have been stolen from a rural property in Tiny Township. Provincial police say the 34 hot-tubs and showers had been imported and were i...
Aug 23, 2021 OPP Photos
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 61 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 61 new COVID-19 cases in the region and no new deaths. Today's update - the first since last week - also includes 17 newly resolved cases. To date,...
Aug 23, 2021