Category Archives: Orillia News
SMHDU Wed COVID-19 Update Includes 108 New Cases, 37 Children
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health unit (SMDHU) is reporting 108 new COVID-19 cases and 1 new death. 37 of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 78 newly resolved cases. To date, 88...
Dec 15, 2021
Federal Government Advises Canadians Against Non-Essential Travel Outside The Country
The Federal government is advising Canadians to avoid non-essential travel outside Canada. The rapid spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant is behind today's travel advisory. The Federal government wi...
Dec 15, 2021 Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos at Dec. 15th announcement. Image from CPAC
Health Unit Taking Additional Actions To Prevent Further Spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron Variant
As the highly transmissible Omicron variant takes hold in Ontario with modeling projections showing an alarming spread in the population, and as Simcoe Muskoka continues to see high rates of COVID-19,...
Dec 15, 2021
Ramara Township Ratifies 2022 Budget
Ramara Township has ratified its 2022 Budget. It includes a 2.86 per cent tax increase (1.57 per cent combined rate), which results in an extra $45 a year per $300,000 in home assessment value. In 202...
Dec 15, 2021 Source: Ramara Township
Don't Cancel Holiday Plans, But Be Cautious: MOH
Don't cancel your holiday plans due to the spread of Omicron. Ontario's top doctor says he is making recommendations to the Ford government on potential health measures to battle the threat of the qui...
Dec 15, 2021 Source: Amazon
Simcoe-Muskoka Students Receive Rapid Antigen Tests
Students in Simcoe-Muskoka have started receiving rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 ahead of the Christmas break. The PCR self-collection initiative builds on the existing COVID-19 take-home PCR self-c...
Dec 15, 2021 Source: Ministry Of Health
Federal Economic and Fiscal Update 2021 Outlines Canada's Plan For Strong Pandemic Recovery
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland has released the Economic and Fiscal Update 2021 which outlines Canada's plan for a strong pandemic recovery for everyone. "Thi...
Dec 14, 2021
Rama Police Service and Orillia OPP Make Arrests for Drug Trafficking
Members of the Rama Police Service (RPS) assisted by Orillia OPP have made several arrests in relation to drug trafficking in Rama First Nations and Orillia. In November they commenced an investigatio...
Dec 14, 2021
SMDHU Tues COVID-19 Update Includes 96 New Cases, 30 Children
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) reports 96 new COVID-19 cases and one new death. 30 of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 70 newly resolved cases. To date, 88 per...
Dec 14, 2021
Ontario Taking Further Action to Protect Long-Term Care and Retirement Homes
The Province, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, is taking further action to protect the health and safety of residents, staff, and caregivers in long-term care and retirement h...
Dec 14, 2021 Photo courtesy of Rod Phillips on Twitter