Category Archives: Orillia News

Barrie Police are looking to the public for help in locating a male who is considered armed and dangerous and is the primary suspect in an investigation currently ongoing in a wooded area in the area ...

The Township of Ramara, on receipt of a notice from the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has placed a swim advisory for the Lagoon City Park Beach due to higher than normal bacteria counts.

  The Orillia Fire Department is reporting a rise in fires caused by cigarettes being extinguished in plant pots. The FD is advising people to always smoke outdoors, use a metal container with sa...

The Town of Innisfil is under an open-air burning ban effective immediately. Very dry conditions and fire danger have increased. The ban includes fireworks, any kind of outdoor fire including cooking,...

The right northbound lane on Highway 11 in Oro-Medonte has re-opened after a single-vehicle collision that resulted in a diesel spill and damaged guardrail. The crash happened at around noon yesterday...

Sure it's warm and sunny - but we all know what's coming - in light of winter's inevitability, the City of Orillia is looking to the public to vote on five finalists in naming two snow plows. Submissi...

The OPP is advising the public of multiple road restrictions currently in effect near Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, due to the first minister's summit. These measures are in place to manage traffic ...

More than 5.2 million above ground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last 20 years are being recalled after nine drowning deaths were reported. The recall covers a range of Bestw...

Orillia's 65th Mariposa Folk Festival held earlier this month, was a resounding success and sellout for the fourth consecutive year. The Festival Chair also reports youth and young adult ticket sales ...

A 46 year old Gravenhurst man is in a Toronto hospital with life-threatening injuries after being struck by a car this morning. It happened on Gravenhurst Parkway around 7:10am. The Gravenhurst Parkwa...