Category Archives: Collingwood News
Beware of Online Rental Fraud
The Collingwood and Blue Mountains OPP have released some safety tips to avoid getting scammed while renting an apartment or house online. They say officers have been called to a couple of incidents i...
Dec 09, 2020
Simcoe County Council Mid-Term Election
The County of Simcoe has celebrated its mid-term inaugural. Warden George Cornell has been acclaimed. Council has voted for Innisfil Mayor Lynn Dollin to be the new Deputy Warden for the rest of the t...
Dec 08, 2020
Public School Board Chair and Vice Chair Named
The two people to head the public school board have been chosen. The Simcoe County District School Board has announced Trustee Jodi Lloyd, representing Orillia, Ramara and Severn, was acclaimed to the...
Dec 08, 2020
Home Horizon Gets Grant For S.A.F.E. Program
Home Horizon in Collingwood is getting a grant. The Gay Lea Foundation has announced 13 new grants across Canada and beyond, and Home Horizon has been chosen for its S.A.F.E. program. The Specialized ...
Dec 08, 2020
OPP Investigating Boat and Trailer Theft In Tay Township
The OPP is investigating a boat and trailer theft in Tay Township. Police were called about the theft from a Quarry Road storage facility on December 1, 2020. OPP investigators learned that the Yamaha...
Dec 08, 2020
Body Found In Wasaga Beach
The body of a "middle-aged" woman has been found in a ditch in Wasaga Beach. OPP Sergeant Jason Folz tells us a passerby discovered the body on River Road West this morning. Police had closed the road...
Dec 08, 2020
Compliments Deli Lunch Meat Recall
There has been an update on a deli lunch meat recall. Levitts Foods (Canada) Inc. is recalling certain Compliments brand and The Deli-Shop brand deli meat products from the marketplace due to possible...
Dec 08, 2020 CFIA
Mario Lopez Starring As Sexy Colonel Sanders?
Sadly, it is not a joke. Former Saved By The Bell star Mario Lopez will play KFC's longtime mascot Colonel Sanders in a steamy Lifetime channel holiday romance movie. "A Recipe for Seduction" tells th...
Dec 08, 2020 Lifetime
British Grandma Becomes First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Outside of a Trial
A British grandma has become the first in the world today to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, outside of a trial. Margaret Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central Englan...
Dec 08, 2020 Reuters
More Cases Of COVID-19 Reported at Georgian Bay General Hospital
More cases of COVID-19 have been reported at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland. An outbreak of COVID-19 declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) on December 4, in collaboration with the...
Dec 08, 2020