Category Archives: Orillia News
SMDHU Mon COVID-19 Update Includes 243 New Cases, 92 Children
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 243 new COVID-19 Cases and no new deaths. 92 of today's cases are children. Today's update - the first since last week - also includes 2 ne...
Nov 29, 2021
Hospital Foundation Recruiting Support for Medical Equipment This #GivingTuesday
Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is in urgent need of highly used medical equipment in the Emergency Room (ER) and Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The Foundation is asking for the community's support th...
Nov 29, 2021 Source: Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Foundation
First New Cases of Omicron Variant Won't Be The Last: Dr. Kieran Moore
Ontario's Medical Officer of Health says the two new cases of the Omicron variant confirmed in the province may be the first, but not the last. Dr Kieran Moore says genomic sequencing is now being con...
Nov 29, 2021 Source: CPAC
Lakehead University Launches Tuition Waiver for Youth in Care
Lakehead University has introduced a new tuition waiver that will reduce barriers to postsecondary education for individuals in the foster care system. Announced today in collaboration with the Child ...
Nov 29, 2021 Cutline: Minister Jill Dunlop joined Lakehead University's President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Moira McPherson, Dr. Renée Ferguson, faculty and program coordinator at Georgian College and representative for the Child Welfare Political Action Committee, and Dr. Dean Jobin-Bevans, Principal of Lakehead's Orillia Campus, for the announcement of the Youth in Care Tuition Waiver.
Omicron is in Ontario
Omicron is in Ontario. The provincial government announced in a statement on Sunday that two confirmed cases of the new variant of the coronavirus were discovered in Ottawa, by two individuals who rec...
Nov 29, 2021 Photograph: NIAID/National Institutes of Health/EPA
UPDATE: Health Unit issues do not use water order for the Town of Gravenhurst
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has issued a Do Not Use water order for the Town of Gravenhurst's drinking water system due to a potential chemical contamination. Residents and businesses with...
Nov 27, 2021
Water Emergency In Gravenhurst
The District of Muskoka is experiencing a problem with the municipal water system, affecting water supply to the Town of Gravenhurst. Do not use the water, and do not boil the water from your taps. Th...
Nov 27, 2021 Image: District of Muskoka
SMHDU Fri COVID-19 Update Includes 91 New Cases, 28 Children
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 91 COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. 28 of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 2 new hospitalizations and 39 newly resol...
Nov 26, 2021 SMDHU Fri COVID-19 Case Count
Orillia Moving To Clear Garbage Bags
Starting on Feb. 7, 2022, the City of Orillia is moving to a clear garbage bag program. Residents are to place garbage in a clear plastic bag instead of a black or green plastic bag. Residents can pla...
Nov 26, 2021 Source: City of Orillia.
Orillia Accepting Nominations For Citizen Of The Year
Nominations for the 2021 Orillia Citizen of the Year Award open on Monday, Nov. 29. A panel of local residents, with the assistance of the City of Orillia, is accepting nominations for the 2021 Citize...
Nov 26, 2021 Source: City of Orillia.