Category Archives: Orillia News

The Province's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has been called in after an altercation in Orillia which involved police fatally shooting a dog. The occupant of a suspicious vehicle that was under in...

The City of Barrie is helping residents keep cool over the next few days. With hot and humid temperatures in the near forecast, as well as the special weather statement currently in effect for our are...

A 20-year-old Markham man is facing charges after Barrie Police received a tip about a man with a firearm on a Dunlop Street East sidewalk. Sunday at 2:12 pm, Barrie Police found and approached him, b...

Severn Lodge has been purchased by Santa's Village. The Bracebridge theme park, owned by Brad & Sara Dunkley and their partner Jamie Hopkins, has released a statement on the sale, and says it will...

Ronnie Hawkins has died. The rockabilly artist passed away yesterday morning at a hospital in Peterborough. He was 87 years old.

The province's Special Investigations Unit has been called in, after OPP officers discharged an Anti-Riot Weapon on Georgian Bay. It says preliminary information suggests police became aware of a man ...

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for most of southern Ontario, including Simcoe County, warning of the first heat event of the season. It says hot and increasingly humid weath...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 95 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths. One person has also been hospitalized since the last update on Wednesday. There are currently 21 people hosp...

A search is underway in the Midhurst area of Springwater Township for an 87 year-old man who took his dogs for a walk yesterday afternoon and has not been seen since. Harvey Doherty was last seen arou...

The OPP has recognized a number of officers and civilians for their efforts throughout the region. The Central Region OPP Awards Ceremony was held yesterday in Orillia. Held at the Hawk Ridge Golf and...