Category Archives: Collingwood News
Gyms And Rec Centres Can Increase Capacities Starting Saturday
The time is right to open the Province up a little more to help people get active again. Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that gyms and recreation facilities can increase their capacity limits as...
Aug 14, 2020
Serious Crash In Springwater Township
A man has been taken to the hospital following a collision in Springwater Township. OPP say two vehicles collided on Highway 26 between Golf Course Road and Wilson Drive this morning (Friday). The man...
Aug 14, 2020
Province Announces More Money For School Social Distancing, Air Quality Upgrades And At-Home Learning
Ontario's Education Minister Stephen Lecce has announced that school boards will be able to invest half a billion in funding to support local priorities aimed at more social distancing in class. Medic...
Aug 13, 2020
A New Kind Of Care Gala
Tickets to the "greatest event you will never attend" go on sale Friday. That is the slogan for this year's virtual Hospice Care Gala called Care For Our Home From Yours. With the purchase of a ticket...
Aug 13, 2020
Funding Amount Determined For Wasaga Beach
The town of Wasaga Beach has received word of how much it is getting from the Safe Restart Agreement. The town is getting $883,780. Of that total amount, $806,660 will be to help with operating pressu...
Aug 13, 2020
No Clothing Or Electronics Collection in 2020
The county of Simcoe has decided to cancel this year's clothing and electronics collections. The curbside pick ups were supposed to happen between August 31 and September 25. But the county has been t...
Aug 13, 2020
$1.6 Billion Announced For Critical Municipal Services
Up to $1.6 billion will flow soon to Ontario municipalities Today Premier Doug Ford announced the first round of funding through the Safe Restart Program. The money is for transit, social services, sh...
Aug 12, 2020
Hwy 400 Collision Claims Life Of North York Woman
A collision on Hwy 400 has claimed the life of a 60-year-old North York woman. It happened at 1:49 pm yesterday. Police responded to a report of a northbound single-vehicle crash into a rock face of t...
Aug 12, 2020
OPP Investigate Fatal Collision On Hwy 400
OPP closed a portion of Hwy 400 this afternoon after a fatal single motor vehicle collision. Police say a vehicle collided with the centre rock face median prompting the closure in the northbound lane...
Aug 11, 2020
Ontario Announces Plans For New LTC Home
The province of Ontario has announced its third Long Term Care project. Premier Doug Ford and Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton announced today, that 320 new beds will be built at Humber Rive...
Aug 11, 2020