Category Archives: Collingwood News
Georgian Students Participating In Operation Remote Immunity
A team of six from Georgian's paramedic programs is travelling to a fly-in Indigenous community in northern Ontario to administer COVID-19 vaccinations. Georgian is the only college in Ontario to part...
Mar 18, 2021
More Ice-Breaking Operations In Midland This Week
More ice-breaking operations in Midland this week. The Canadian Coast Guard is advising residents that the CCGS Samuel Risley will be carrying out icebreaking operations in the area on or around March...
Mar 18, 2021
Traffic Violation in Tay Township Leads To Impaired Driving Charges
A traffic stop in Tay Township has resulted in the arrest of a suspected impaired driver. Police say a vehicle was stopped for a traffic violation on Highway 12 near Pine Street on Tuesday night. The ...
Mar 18, 2021 OPP
Lab Entry Error Identifies 42 COVID-19 Tests As Positive
An error resulted in more positive COVID-19 cases than there were being reported yesterday in Simcoe-Muskoka. The error happened via a laboratory while uploading COVID-19 results from tests administer...
Mar 17, 2021
SGB Officer Nominated For Police Hero Award
Southern Georgian Bay OPP Officer Debra Brown has been nominated for a Police Hero Award. PC Brown's nomination states: OPP Officer Debra Brown has been in my life since the age of 15. Throughout that...
Mar 17, 2021
St. Patrick's Day Party-Goers Asked To Celebrate Responsibly
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to remind anyone who may be celebrating Saint Patrick's Day to do so responsibly. Saint Patrick's Day is supposed to be a fun day, yet, it can also becom...
Mar 17, 2021
Elmvale Legion Receives Over $10K From Federal Government
The government of Canada is providing more than 10-thousand dollars to support the Royal Canadian Legion #262 in Elmvale. Doug Shipley, Member of Parliament for Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte, says th...
Mar 16, 2021
UK COVID-19 Variant More Deadly and Contagious Than Original: Study
New research published this week has found the coronavirus variant originating in the United Kingdom, called B.1.1.7, is substantially more deadly than the original strain of SARS-CoV-2. According to ...
Mar 16, 2021 Health Magazine
SMDHU Tuesday COVID-19 Update Includes 71 New Cases
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 71 new COVID-19 cases and one death related to the virus in today's update. The health unit has also reported another 21 cases have screened positi...
Mar 16, 2021
New Health Unit Survey To Gain Insight Into Pandemic's Impacts On Individuals And Families
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has launched a 2nd local impact survey to get more insight into how local individuals and families have been affected by the pandemic. The results will ...
Mar 16, 2021