Category Archives: Collingwood News
SMDHU Reports 65 New COVID-19 Cases And One More Death Friday
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has reported 65 new COVID-19 cases in its latest update, along with one more death related to the virus; a resident of Barrie. It says 10 local cases have teste...
Jan 30, 2021
Town Of Wasaga Beach Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19
A Wasaga Beach employee at town hall has tested positive for COVID-19. The town says it learned of the positive test Friday and immediately contacted the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit. It says t...
Jan 30, 2021
Kim Mitchell Joins Campaign Against Impaired Driving
The North Simcoe Safe and Sober Awareness (SAS) committee has recently paired up again with Canadian rock icon Kim Mitchell to produce another safety message to raise awareness of the dangers of impai...
Jan 30, 2021
Two-Day Snowmobile Blitz Results In Charges
A two-day snowmobile inspection by Huronia West OPP has resulted in several charges. Police say on Wednesday January 27th and Thursday January 28th, officers conducted an enforcement and education ini...
Jan 30, 2021
SGB Health Team Launches COVID-19 Home Monitoring Program
The South Georgian Bay Ontario Health Team (SGB OHT) has launched a Home Monitoring Program to care for high-risk patients with suspect or confirmed COVID-19. It says the program will better support r...
Jan 29, 2021
SCDSB Kindergarten Registration Is Now Open
The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) is now registering children for Kindergarten for the 2021-22 school year. Children turning four in 2021 can start school this September. Families can st...
Jan 29, 2021
Operator of Barrie's Roberta Place releases open letter to community.
The president of the company that operates Roberta Place in Barrie has written an open letter to the community. In it, David Jarlette expresses sadness over the deaths of 50 of the home's residents af...
Jan 29, 2021
PM Announces Suspension of Flights To Sun Destinations
The federal government has announced more stringent measures for travelers in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and its variants. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says starting on Sunday, airlin...
Jan 29, 2021 Sean MacEntee / CC
National Day Of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia
Four years ago, an act of terror took the lives of six people at the Grand Mosque in Quebec City and seriously injured 19 others. The Minister of Canadian Heritage has announced that the government in...
Jan 29, 2021 Jillian Kestler-D'Amours/MEE
Second Collingwood Business Fined Under Reopening Ontario Act
A second Collingwood business has been fined by the health unit for non-compliance with the Reopening Ontario Act. The SMDHU says Press Market on Keith Avenue in Collingwood was fined just over 11-hun...
Jan 29, 2021