Category Archives: Orillia News
Maclean's Ranks Lakehead University 2nd Among Primarily Undergraduate Universities
Lakehead University is among Canada's top 10 primarily undergraduate universities in Maclean magazine's 2022 University Rankings. Lakehead ranked second overall among Ontario universities in its categ...
Oct 11, 2021
Ontario Cautiously Lifting Capacity Limits in Select Settings
The Province is cautiously lifting capacity limits in select settings starting Saturday. With public health and health care indicators remaining stable or improving, the government, in consultation wi...
Oct 08, 2021 Ontario Minister of Health Christine Elliott. (file photo)
SMHDU Fri COVID-19 Update Includes 36 New Cases, 9 Children
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) is reporting 36 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. Nine of today's cases are children. Today's update also includes 3 new hospitalizations and 14 new...
Oct 08, 2021
Say Thanks to Health Care Workers With Video Message
Health care workers need your support more than ever. In order to help beat the burnout that many of them are experiencing due to the ongoing pandemic, the Ontario Hospital Association is asking resid...
Oct 08, 2021
Clearview Offers Free Lost Pet Service
Licensing dogs in Clearview is now easier, modernized, and more valuable for pet owners. The Township has partnered with DocuPet, a world-leading pet profile, lost pet, and licensing platform. It says...
Oct 08, 2021
Tay Township and OPP Launch Community Watch Program
Tay Township and the OPP have launched a Community Watch Program. The program was requested after a community member sought a solution for ongoing criminal activity in his neighbourhood and wanted to ...
Oct 08, 2021
Ontario To Provide Free Menstrual Products in Schools
The Ontario Government wants to end period poverty. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced this morning that the province will distribute six million free menstrual products per year to school boa...
Oct 08, 2021
Ontario Guidelines For Celebrating Fall Holidays, Including Thanksgiving/Halloween
Ontario's Medical Officer of Health has released guidelines on how to celebrate a number of fall holidays safely, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Delta variant. Throughout the next couple of ...
Oct 08, 2021
OPP's Operation Impact Begins Today
Today marks the beginning of Operation Impact. It's a national public awareness campaign aimed at preventing collisions, saving lives, and reducing injuries on our roads. As the Ontario Provincial Pol...
Oct 08, 2021
Ontario Expanding Choices for Prospective Nursing Students
The Ontario government has launched Georgian College's new stand-alone four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Details were shared yesterday by Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universit...
Oct 08, 2021