Category Archives: Collingwood News
Mobile Home Fire Sends One Person To Hospital
One person had to be taken to hospital, following a fire at a mobile home in Springwater. The fire broke out on Friday afternoon on Sunnidale Road, sending one person to hospital for smoke inhalation....
Jan 16, 2021 Springwater Fire
Toronto OPP Officers Charged In Towing Industry Probe
Three OPP officers have been charged, and four others have been suspended pending an investigation, as police look into allegations of wrongdoing involving the towing industry in the Toronto area. The...
Jan 16, 2021 Image: OPP Cruiser
OPP Deliver Ice Safety Message Heading Into The Weekend
The OPP is sending an ice safety message to residents ahead of the weekend reminding you to 'know before you go'. As the first weekend of the provincial Stay At Home legislation lockdown starts, polic...
Jan 15, 2021
COVID Case At Wasaga Beach Superstore
Loblaws confirms that a worker at the Real Canadian Superstore in Wasaga Beach has tested positive for COVID-19. The company says the team member tested positive on Thursday. The last day the person w...
Jan 15, 2021
Township Launches #OroMedonteSnowman Contest
Oro-Medonte residents are being urged to have some fun in the snow for a chance to win some money to spend at local businesses. A friendly snowman building competition has been started by the Township...
Jan 15, 2021
Four More COVID Related Deaths In Simcoe/Muskoka
The local health unit is reporting four more deaths today and 83 new cases. A Collingwood woman has died along with a woman from Orillia and a man and woman from Barrie. Wasaga Beach has one new case ...
Jan 15, 2021
Support Local Small Businesses In One Place
A new project to bring you the experience of a farmer's market, but online, is now live. Georgian Bay Marketplace offers one place to buy from a number of local artisans, but also a Market Chat sectio...
Jan 15, 2021
Trudeau Says Pfizer Vaccine Shortage Won't Affect Canada's Supply Goals
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has provided an update on the temporary Pfizer vaccine dose shortage, as well as rapid testing kit delivery. As of today, he says almost a million doses of the COVID-19 v...
Jan 15, 2021
SIU Clears OPP After Man Falls From Window
The Special Investigations Unit has ended its investigation into an incident in Collingwood. On December 17, OPP officers were called to a strip mall in Collingwood which has businesses on the ground ...
Jan 15, 2021
Impacts of Stay-At-Home Order in Wasaga Beach
The Stay-At-Home order is impacting some town services in Wasaga Beach. Town hall, the RecPlex office, Wasaga Stars Arena, Public Works, Youth Centre, and the office at Fire Station 1 are CLOSED to th...
Jan 15, 2021