Category Archives: Collingwood News

An environmental charity plans to install 18 trash-trapping devices in Georgian Bay to collect plastics and other debris and also to provide data on how much stuff is flowing into the water. Georgian ...

The SIU has cleared police of any wrong-doing in connection with the arrest of a woman in Midland. Police say on September 25, 2020, a 32-year-old woman was taken into custody and the following night,...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is warning residents that if people don't follow the public safety guidelines, more people will die from COVID-19. Our Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Charles Ga...

Another candidate has thrown his hat into the ring to represent the Progressive Conservative party in Simcoe-Grey. Mathew Varsava officially announced his campaign this week. Mathew, a husband and fat...

Collingwood is welcoming ideas and feedback from families and young people today at its official plan workshops. The plan sets the vision for what the town will look like in 20 years. Families Worksho...

The Ontario government is expanding access to free emergency childcare to more frontline workers, starting today. To be eligible, families must have no other option for child care and be working outsi...

A more promising COVID19 case count has been reported today by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. It has announced 29 new cases of the virus today, but another four people have lost their lives ...

The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit has announced that testing has confirmed more cases of the variant of COVID-19 in the region. It says in addition to the seven confirmed cases of the UK COVID-1...

The Prime Minister has introduced a new loan program aimed at helping small businesses survive the pandemic. Justin Trudeau says the government has partnered with Canada's largest financial institutio...

Four more residents have died from COVID-19 at the Roberta Place long-term care home in Barrie. The latest death brings the death toll at the facility to 45. The outbreak at the south-end facility has...