Category Archives: Orillia News

The Debate Broadcast Group has announced the themes and format of the French-language federal leaders' debate. Tonight's debate will cover five themes (in alphabetical order): The debate includes five...

Ettractive will be expanding in Oro-Medonte at Oro Station's automotive innovation campus. Ettractive is an automotive hardware and software development company that helps global manufacturers take ad...

Two Lakehead University professors will soon be part of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Lori Chambers will be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and Dr. Ruth Beatty will be indu...

The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is holding a live online Q & A for Parents and Students on COVID-19 Vaccines. From 7-8pm tonight (Wednesday), there will be a short presentation on COVID va...

Ontario's Medical Officer Of Health is once again appealing for people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, especially as kids head back to school. Dr. Kieran Moore said yesterday that more vaccination...

There is plenty of clean-up today, after a severe weather system hammered southern Ontario with heavy rain, thunder and wind, causing significant damage in some areas. Numerous power outages and heavy...

Students may finally be heading to class today at Barrie's newest high school. The city's Building Department staff issued an occupancy permit for Maple Ridge Secondary School on Prince William Way ye...

Online Federal Debates for Simcoe Ridings to Focus on Climate and Environment. As a part of the 100 Debates for the Environment, there will be 4 online debates happening in Simcoe County to ensure tha...

The City of Barrie expects to begin the demolition of the W.A. Fisher Auditorium to begin this week. It says the demolition is limited to the W.A. Fisher Auditorium space and will begin in the interio...

In its first update since the start of the long weekend, the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 102 new cases of COVID-19. It says among the new cases, 87 are in unvaccinated or partiall...