Category Archives: Orillia News

There has been a bank robbery in Barrie. Officers were called just before 10 a.m. Monday, to a bank robbery in progress at the Scotiabank at 44 Collier Street. Police say a suspect entered the buildin...

Work to redevelop the Fairvern Nursing Home in Huntsville into a 160-bed long-term care facility is well underway. The work follows the Province's commitment to fund additional beds last fall. Plannin...

There has been a plane crash on Long Lake in Severn Township. Orillia OPP responded and made contact with the occupants yesterday, while the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) had a helicopter in...

The City of Barrie's Summer Fun Trailer is on the move! It's filled with loanable outdoor sports equipment & a mobile skateboard park for residents to enjoy for free. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thur...

The OPP is investigating after a float plane struck a canoe while landing on Six Mile Lake. Police say a couple was canoeing on Trans Canada Bay Sunday afternoon, when they were forced to jump for saf...

It's the first official day of the federal election campaign. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon yesterday and asked her to dissolve Parliament, triggering Canada's 44th fed...

Police have shut down a huge illegal grow op in Sebright. Sunday, police seized 2,274 pot plants at a Morton Lane property. They say the plants were the equivalent of two dump trucks full - the value ...

The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 19 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths. New cases include five in Barrie, 2 in Oro-Medonte, 3 in Essa, 2 each in Innisfil and Midland, and a case ...

Members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police were called to investigate a robbery in the early morning hours of June the 6th, 2021. Police responded to the area of Beach dri...

Orillia OPP are investigating the circumstances surrounding a sudden death. Shortly after 6 a.m. Friday, police received a call for an unresponsive person behind a business on Atherley Road. OPP say w...