Category Archives: Collingwood News
Walk To End ALS Takes Place Virtually On Sunday
The Walk to End ALS returns this weekend as a virtual event! ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, gradually paralyzes people because the brain is no longer able to communicate with the mu...
Jun 18, 2021
More Police Coming To Wasaga Beach
More police are coming to Wasaga Beach. Mayor Nina Bifolchi said she had a discussion with a number of the top brass at the OPP yesterday on beachfront safety strategies. She said police, along with P...
Jun 18, 2021
It's Opening Day For The Springwater Farmers Market
It's opening day for the Springwater Farmers' Market in Elmvale. It operates from June to September every Friday between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the municipal parking lot at the Elmvale Community Hall on...
Jun 18, 2021
Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Still Advocates For A Slow, Careful Re-opening
While Premier Doug Ford may be musing about an early move to step two of the province's reopening plan, his Chief Medical Officer says not yet. Dr. David Williams says new Covid-19 cases are still cro...
Jun 17, 2021
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 12 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 12 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. 12 new recoveries are also included in today's update. 73 percent of Simcoe-Muskoka's over-18 popula...
Jun 17, 2021
Simcoe-Muskoka Added To Provincial List Of Delta Variant Hotspots
The Province has added Simcoe-Muskoka to the list of Delta variant areas of concern. Health Minister Christine Elliott says second dose eligibility has also moved up to next week for people in designa...
Jun 17, 2021 NIAID / CC
SCDSB Director Of Education Announces Retirement
The Director of Education for the Simcoe County District School Board has announced his retirement. After 34 years in education, Steve Blake, will be leaving the position on July 31, 2021. Blake began...
Jun 17, 2021
Family Pushing Daughter In Wheelchair Along Georgian Trail For CDKL5
A local family is pushing a five year old girl in a wheelchair along the Georgian Trail today for a special cause. A Thornbury family is starting at 6 this morning in Collingwood and will trek 34 kilo...
Jun 17, 2021
Murder Charges Dropped, New Charges Laid In Wasaga Beach Stabbing.
The OPP have withdrawn second degree murder charges against two Toronto area men, accused in the stabbing death of a 23 year old Mississauga man in Wasaga Beach on the weekend. The pair now face charg...
Jun 16, 2021 Image from Twitter via @OPP_WR
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 9 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 9 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths. Today's update also includes 16 new recoveries. So far, 73 percent of Simcoe-Muskoka's over-18 populatio...
Jun 16, 2021