Category Archives: Orillia News

Playing a scratch lottery ticket has made a Barrie man a quarter of a million dollars richer. Junior Thomas won the $250,000 top prize with INSTANT MERRY & BRIGHT. "I'm a regular lottery player an...

A couple of local MP's are hosting a Family Snow Sculpture Contest. Barrie-Springwater-Oro-Medonte MP Doug Shipley and Barrie-Innisfil MP John Brassard will kick off the contest with their own snow sc...

Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott have released a statement following their meeting today with the Ontario Nurses' Association. The Province reports it was a productive meeting a...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 270 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths. Deaths include a woman from Muskoka over the age of 79 and a man and woman between the ages of 45 ...

The name of the victim of a fatal crash on Highway 11 has been released. The OPP says 59 year old Norman Brandt from Gravenhurst was pronounced dead at the scene of a multi-vehicle crash on the highwa...

Candice Bergen has been elected as the interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. In a caucus vote late last night, Conservative MPs gave the nod to Bergen to replace Erin O'Toole over 8 othe...

A complaint about an erratic driver on Highway 400 in Georgian Bay Township, has led to seizure of drugs and the arrest of a 35 year old man. Officers were called a possible impaired driver heading so...

Another COVID-19 outbreak has been confirmed at RVH-this time in its Specialized Seniors Care Unit. The hospital says four patients and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 on the unit, ...

Lakehead University International (LUI) and the Office of Human Rights and Equity (OHRE), in collaboration with many on-campus and off-campus community groups, invite you to attend Black History Month...

Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Charlee's Run. This year's run will take place in-person on Saturday, May 7, 2022. The annual fundraising event is named in honour of Charlee Clare Holmes, ...