Category Archives: Collingwood News
OPP Continue Looking For Motorcyclist Who Failed To Remain At Scene Of Collision
Huronia West OPP are continuing their investigation into a collision that happened on July 8th. The crash happened just before 6 that evening on County Road 27 near Flos Road 4 in the Township of Spri...
Jul 27, 2024
Improvements On The Way For Highway 26 in the Craigleith Area
Upgrades are being planned for a section of Highway 26 west of Collingwood. The transportation ministry has started working on various studies and designs for improvements to highway intersections at ...
Jul 24, 2024 Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
Wasaga Mayor Brian Smith Issues Statement About Beach Cleanliness
Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith is refuting claims on social media, about what he terms "unsanitary behaviour" at the town's beaches. There have been posts making the rounds on Tik Tok and elsewhere th...
Jul 23, 2024 Image from Beach Camera at Wasaga Beach. (Source: Town of Wasaga Beach)
No Decision Yet On New Collingwood Arts Centre, Pending More Study
Collingwood is going to do a bit more studying on a proposed downtown arts centre. Council received a consultants report earlier this month, which had two options. A self-contained building on Pine St...
Jul 23, 2024 Conceptional drawing of Option 1, the proposed Collingwood Arts Centre.
Source: Colliers/Town of Collingwood.
Fire in Penetanguishene
Emergency crews were on the scene Monday afternoon, of a building fire in Penetanguishene. The flames broke out at a place at Church and Burke Streets. Fire fighters from several departments were call...
Jul 22, 2024 Source; OPP via X
Nine rescued from Georgian Bay
OPP say life jackets saved the day when nine people found themselves in the water of Georgian Bay, after their boat sank. The incident happened Saturday afternoon in Papoose Bay, off Beausoliel Island...
Jul 22, 2024 Source: OPP via X.
Preparations begin to upgrade G&M's X-Ray services
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital is starting construction this week to upgrade diagnostic imaging services. While that will result in the installation of a new, state-of-the art- X-ray machine ...
Jul 22, 2024 Source: cgmh.on.ca
Website refresh coming to collingwood.ca
The Town of Collingwood is revamping its web presence, and they're looking for website users to provide input. The communications team wants to improve accessibility, navigation, and the search functi...
Jul 22, 2024 Screen shot of Collingwood's website.
OPP Charge Midland Resident With Second-Degree Murder Following Investigation
Southern Georgian Bay OPP has charged one person following a homicide investigation in Midland. On July 15, police were called to a residence on Seventh Street just before 1 p.m. and found one person ...
Jul 20, 2024
Simcoe County Adding More Downtown Community Safety Teams
The County of Simcoe is expanding its community safety teams program. A team has been operating in downtown Barrie as part of the county's homelessness prevention strategy. It builds relationships wit...
Jul 19, 2024 Source: Simcoe.ca