Category Archives: Orillia News

A person is dead after falling off a personal watercraft in Lake Simcoe in Ramara Township. OPP say another person was rescued by members of the public, after the pair fell from the watercraft off Bon...

Orillia OPP is investigating a serious three-vehicle collision involving a motorcycle on Highway 11 in Severn Township. Shortly after 2 pm today Orillia OPP and emergency services responded to a serio...

Wendy Cook of Severn anted up and went 'ALL IN' to win the POKER LOTTO ALL IN jackpot worth $75,231.80 on July 27th, 2022. She also won $5,000 on the instant portion of her POKER LOTTO play, bringing ...

Bracebridge OPP is investigating an attempted break and enter that occurred at an address on Muskoka Beach Road north of Lofty Pines Drive in Gravenhurst. It happened on Wednesday, August 17th at 5:20...

The Province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has ruled there's no reason to believe an OPP officer committed a criminal offense in the death of a 41-year-old man this past April. On April 19th, an...

Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is currently investigating multiple reports of thefts from unlocked vehicles in the town of Gravenhurst that have been occurring during the early morning ho...

There's a public meeting in Barrie Wednesday evening to discuss plans for redeveloping Painswick Park in the city's southeast end. The project includes the addition of pickleball courts. The proposal ...

Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital (OSMH) announce the new Chief of Staff, Dr. Lindsay Alston as approved on August 12, 2022 by the Board of Directors. Dr. Nancy Merrow, the Chief of Staff and Vice P...

The County of Simcoe is looking for public input on the future Barrie Collingwood Railway Active Transportation Trail. The trail has been in the works for a couple of years and is intended to be a mul...

A Barrie man has died in a crash in Oro-Medonte. OPP say a vehicle left Ridge Road near Range Road Monday afternoon. Sixty-two year old James Ceschia of Barrie was pronounced deceased at the scene. Th...