Category Archives: Orillia News

Health Minister Christine Elliott is calling it a career. Elliot released a statement this morning, announcing her decision to leave politics after serving the provincial government since 2018 as the ...

Barrie Police have issued an arrest warrant for 18-year-old Zia Mohammed Chaudhry, who is wanted for a shooting in the Bayfield Street and Grove Street area on February 15th. Chaudhry is wanted on cha...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 193 new COVID-19 cases today and no deaths Today's update also includes 3 new hospitalizations. Currently, there are 28 people in hospital ...

The Federal government has unveiled a $4 billion program to help small consumer-facing businesses go digital. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canada Digital Adoption Program (CDAP) will help th...

A Barrie woman is one step closer to claiming a lottery prize worth almost $36.5 million. Yvonne Sauve won the prize with LOTTO 6/49 on January 12, 2022. As Yvonne's sister is an employee at an author...

One of the first environmentally conscious real estate brokerages in Canada has opened in Barrie this week. Pine Tree Real Estate Brokerage Inc. is implementing a wide range of initiatives to earn its...

UPDATE: The OPP says William Fortune has been located safe and sound. == Original Story: A man has been reported missing in Midland and could be in the Barrie area. The OPP says 48 year old William Fo...

The United Way Simcoe Muskoka is running "The Month of Hope" campaign in support of its Urgent Needs Fund (UNF). It was created to fill a gap in existing services, providing timely, modest grants to t...

Suspect descriptions have been released following an assault with a weapon in Cumberland Beach. Orillia OPP say a man and woman knocked on a door in the Cumberland Road area on Sunday night and were a...

The ice surface on Georgian Bay is starting to show that spring is not far away! Uniform members of the Southern Georgian Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Christian Island Detach...