Category Archives: Orillia News

A new program is coming to Orillia to promote water safety and drowning prevention. Lifesaving Sport teaches young people drowning prevention skills through high-performance sport and competition. It'...

The Gravenhurst Fire Department is opening its state-of-the-art training centre located on the upper floor of the Station #1 Headquarters at 190 Harvie Street next week. It's happening on Thursday, Se...

A Bracebridge man is 55 thousand dollars richer thanks to a summer long raffle benefiting Orillia's Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. David Keeble won the Soldiers' Summer of Winning. He and his wife Angel...

The city of Orillia has launched a customer service survey, looking for input on what is working well, what can be improved, and people's preference on topics such as hours of operation. The survey wi...

There were no injuries , but damage is estimated at $400 thousand after a fire in Gravenhurst. Fire fighters were called to Sam Cook Road Tuesday afternoon. They pumped water from nearby Kahshe lake t...

The province's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the serious injury suffered by a 40-year-old man last week in Barrie. Preliminary information suggests the fol...

OPP have arrested one person after responding to a Break and Enter in Gravenhurst. The incident happened just after 4 o'clock this morning at a residence on First Street, and residents were woken by s...

Orillia OPP are investigating a two-vehicle collision that involved a motorcycle in Oro-Medonte. At around 3:15 yesterday, OPP were called to the collision between a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle...

South Georgian Bay OPP have located the body of a man who went missing near Beckwith Island just after 12:30 this morning. 67-year-old Charles Dicaire left his 45-foot vessel moored on the west side o...

The Go-Vaxx Bus is in Barrie today. It's at the Barrie North Walmart Supercentre on Bayfield Street from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. They're offering walk-ins while supplies last for first, second, and bo...