Category Archives: Orillia News

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 21 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. New cases include 6 in Barrie, 5 in New Tecumseth, 2 each in Tay Township and Wasaga Beach, and a ca...

A suspected impaired driver has been arrested in Orillia. The OPP says it responded to a call last night about a possible drunk driver on Highway 12, where officers located the vehicle and conducted a...

The Collision Reporting Centre (CRC) is now open at the Orillia detachment of the OPP. If you are involved in a vehicle collision in the Orillia, Ramara, Severn or Oro-Medonte areas, you may be able t...

A 24 year old Toronto man has died after being pulled from the water at Balm Beach. Emergency crews were called to the beach west of Midland last night, when Good Samaritans were able to locate the ma...

Barrie wants to hear from residents on road safety in their neighbourhood and across the city, as well as how it might be improved. As part of Barrie City Council's strategic plan to create safer stre...

More than $100 thousand worth of hot tubs, and a couple of ATV's have been stolen from a rural property in Tiny Township. Provincial police say the 34 hot-tubs and showers had been imported and were i...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 61 new COVID-19 cases in the region and no new deaths. Today's update - the first since last week - also includes 17 newly resolved cases. To date,...

Habitat for Humanity (Ontario Gateway North) has chosen one of the new partner families for the 'Building Futures' project in Midland. It says the Sutton-Steel family is close-knit and has missed bein...

A Ramara man faces charges in Almaguin Highlands after a vehicle was stolen in Orillia. Saturday afternoon Almaguin Highlands OPP got a traffic complaint on Highway 520. The vehicle's license plate sh...

A month-long online art auction is being held in support of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition. Linda Wells has spent the summer meeting Lake Simcoe area artists. Some of the featured artists include: C...