Category Archives: Orillia News
Fourth Booster Shot Offered To Long-Term Care Residents
Effective immediately, Ontario is offering long-term care residents a fourth dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Based on the recommendations from the Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee, the mRNA v...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: Government of Ontario
Effective Today, PCR Tests Only For Symptomatic High-Risk Individuals
Effective today, publicly-funded PCR testing will be available only for high-risk individuals who are symptomatic and/or are at risk of severe illness from COVID-19. They include: for the purposes of ...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: Ministry Of Health
Barrie Offering Family-Friendly New Year's Eve Events
The City of Barrie is helping to ring in 2022 safely with this year's New Year's Eve celebration events, taking place on December 31. This year's activities have been revised to ensure that they align...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: City Of Barrie
Applications Open For Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
The Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB) is open for applications. Expanded access to CWLB is now in effect and Canadians in designated regions affected by lockdowns or qualifying capacity restrictio...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: Government Of Canada
New Year Brings Small Fare Increase For Orillia Transit Users
The New Year will bring a new and improved way to pay for Orillia Transit with the introduction of the Smart Pay Fare System. The Smart Pay Fare System will officially launch on Sunday (Jan 2), allowi...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: City Of Orillia
Enjoy "New Year's Eve With Mariposa" For Free
You can celebrate "New Year's Eve with Mariposa". This past October, the Mariposa Folk Festival held the "Mariposa Satellite Concerts" series at various venues in and around Orillia. Various selection...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: Mariposa Folk Festival
Say Goodbye To 2021!
Another pandemic year is coming to an end. It's New Year's Eve, but due to the spread of the Omicron variant, many big celebrations in the region have been cancelled this year. To mitigate the transmi...
Dec 31, 2021 Source: Flickr
Back-To-Class Next Wednesday, January 5th
It will be back to class for students in the province next Wednesday (Jan. 5th). That's two days later than previously scheduled. Ontario's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kieran Moore also announced other ...
Dec 30, 2021 Source: Education Ontario
SMDHU Reports New Record High Daily COVID-19 Case Count
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 637 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. It's a new record number of cases recorded in one day for the region. 107 of today's cases are ch...
Dec 30, 2021
18 Year Old Arrested Following Online Child Exploitation Investigation
An 18 year old has been arrested by Barrie Police following an online child exploitation investigation. On Wednesday, December 22nd, the Barrie Police Internet Child Exploitation Unit arrested the man...
Dec 30, 2021