Category Archives: Orillia News
OPP Establish Tip Line To Help Find Abducted Wasaga Beach Woman
The OPP has established a dedicated tip line in the hopes of solving a recent Wasaga Beach abduction. 37-year-old Elnaz Hajtamiri (right) was abducted from her Wasaga Beach Trailwood Place home on Jan...
Jan 18, 2022
Support a Barrie restaurant to have your parking ticket cancelled
It pays to eat at restaurants in Barrie. Starting today, residents who receive a parking ticket in paid parking areas from the City of Barrie can have the ticket canceled if they provide proof of purc...
Jan 18, 2022
Clean-Up Continues Following Historic Winter Storm
The clean-up from one of the worst winter storms to hit southern Ontario in decades is expected to take a couple of days. Thousands of drivers along Toronto-area highways got stuck in the snow yesterd...
Jan 18, 2022 Source: OPP
Barrie Declares Significant Weather Event
In response to the winter weather and significant snowfall in our area, the City of Barrie has declared a Significant Weather Event that will impact travel and services throughout the municipality. Th...
Jan 17, 2022 Source: City Of Barrie
SMDHU Mon Update Includes 1,166 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Deaths
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 1,166 new COVID-19 cases since last week and two new deaths. There are also three new hospitalizations in the region due to patients with t...
Jan 17, 2022
New COVID-19 Outbreak Reported In RVH's In-centre Dialysis Clinic
Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH), in collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, has declared the COVID-19 outbreak in its Surgery 3 Unit over and a new outbreak in the In-c...
Jan 17, 2022
It's Snowmobile Safety Week
It's Snowmobile Safety Week. The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) joins the North American snowmobile community and our Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) partners in celebrating the 2022 sn...
Jan 17, 2022 Source: OFSC
Barrie Couple Celebrates $100,000 Lotto Win
Saying "yes" to Encore paid off for Penney and Rodney (Rod) Bailey of Barrie. They matched the last six of seven Encore numbers in the exact order in the December 24th, 2021 LOTTO MAX draw to win $100...
Jan 17, 2022 Barrie Couple Lotto Win
Three People Arrested In Orillia Drug Bust
A drug bust in Orillia has resulted in three arrests. The OPP executed a search warrant in the city on Friday, when officers seized a quantity of: Cocaine MDMA/Prescription Drugs Debt Lists Packaging ...
Jan 17, 2022 Source: OPP
Health Canada Approves Pfizer's COVID-19 Pill
Health Canada has authorized the emergency use of PAXLOVID, an investigational medicine, for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults, with mild to moderate symptoms, who are at high risk ...
Jan 17, 2022 Source: rarrarorro/Depositphotos