Category Archives: Orillia News

Southern Georgian Bay OPP have laid criminal charges against a Tiny Township resident following a two-vehicle crash. Police were called to a collision just after 8 pm on Thursday evening at the inters...

A Brampton man died Friday in a multi-vehicle pile up on Highway 11 in Orillia. The crash occurred during heavy snow squalls, and forced the closure of the highway for most of the day. Dozens of vehic...

Orillia Council has adopted a series of amendments to the City's sign by-law aimed at streamlining the process. Feed back from local businesses has helped re-frame the steps. The process will now elim...

A watermain rupture has closed High Street in Orillia between Highway 12 and Simcoe Street. And the water in the area has been shut off. The city says the closure is expected to last until 8:00pm (Wed...

The very successful pilot project offering free teen transit passes in the City of Orillia is now permanent, and now's the time to renew and secure long-time passes. Current pilot program passes will ...

Three vehicles had to be towed off snowmobile trails over the past few days in Oro-Medonte. The latest incident was early Sunday morning when someone went off-roading and got stuck. A second vehicle t...

A man has been been charged with impaired driving, after he rolled his snow mobile off a snowbank in front of two OPP officers patrolling the trails. It happened late Sunday afternoon on a trail next ...

Orillia OPP are thanking two bystanders after making an arrest in the city. Just before noon on Thursday, police got a call about mischief at a local restaurant. An officer spotted the suspect walking...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP and the Ministry of Natural Resources were out on local snowmobile trails on Friday to provide rider education and enforcement. Officers logged over 36 hours of patrol and ch...

A new program aimed at fire prevention was launched today in Orillia. The Fire Prevention Officer Mentorship Program will bring together fire services from across Ontario and the Cree Nation communiti...