Category Archives: Collingwood News
Collingwood Man Arrested, After Hit And Run Involving A Crane
A 62 year old Collingwood man is facing charges, after an alleged hit and run involving a crane near Ottawa. Police say on Wednesday afternoon, a crane hit a power line, trees and posts surrounding a ...
Oct 16, 2020
Blue Mountain Celebrating The Life Of Gord Downie With Drive-In Concert
A special drive-in concert is being held in Blue Mountain this weekend marking the anniversary of Gord Downie's death. The Tragically Hip frontman passed away from brain cancer three years ago tomorro...
Oct 16, 2020
Guy Paul Morin Releases Statement After Christine Jessop's Killer Identified
Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongfully convicted of killing Christine Jessop before being exonerated in 1995, says he's "relieved" for the Jessop family after police used DNA evidence to reveal the identi...
Oct 16, 2020
Toronto Police Identify Killer In Christine Jessop Cold Case
Toronto Police say they've identified the person whose DNA sample was found on the underwear of a murdered Queensville, Ontario girl in 1984. They say it was former Toronto resident Calvin Hoover's, w...
Oct 15, 2020
Thanksgiving Weekend Was a Deadly One
OPP report five people lost their lives on the Thanksgiving weekend. Police say they responded to four fatal crashes on and off the road across Ontario. A horse and buggy collision led to the death of...
Oct 15, 2020
Ford Urges Companies To Promote Covid-19 Alert App
Premier Doug Ford is urging Ontarians to download the Ontario-made Covid-19 Alert App. Easy and free, he's ordered over 26,000 public servants to download it to their government cell phones. It's a sm...
Oct 15, 2020 Ontario Premier Doug Ford. (image from @FordNation Twitter)
Health Minister Insists There Are Plenty Of Flu Shots Available
Don't worry, there are plenty of flu shots for everyone. That's the message from Ontario's health minister, following reports of flu shot shortages at some pharmacies. Lineups have been reported outsi...
Oct 15, 2020 Wikimedia
Collingwood Hospital Has New Covid Visitor Policy
The local hospital is bringing in prescheduled visits for the rest of the pandemic. The new Designated Visitor Policy has three phases the organization can move between, based on the current status of...
Oct 14, 2020
Ontario Hiring Hundreds More Contact Tracers And Case Managers
An update on contact tracing and testing efforts today from the Province. Premier Doug Ford says $1.37 billion is being spent on those efforts as part of the fall preparedness plan. In the past two we...
Oct 14, 2020
There are 18 New Covid-19 Cases In Simcoe/Muskoka
There are 18 new cases of Covid-19 in Simcoe/Muskoka today. There is a new case in Wasaga Beach, a woman, 18 to 34, whose case is under investigation by the local health unit. There is also a new case...
Oct 14, 2020