Category Archives: Orillia News
Pop-Up Vaccination Clinic In Brechin on Friday June 11.
Pop-up Moderna Vaccination Clinic in Brechin on June 11 When and where is the clinic? Friday June 11, 2021 from 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Brechin Firehall 1, located at 3290 County Road 47 Who can get v...
Jun 10, 2021 Alachua County
Muskoka Firefighters Battle Blaze Along CN Tracks Near Foot's Bay.
Firefighters from Muskoka Lakes, Georgian Bay Township and the province spent several hours Wednesday afternoon battling a wildfire along the CN railway tracks near the Oviinbyrd golf course. The area...
Jun 10, 2021 Photo: Muskoka Lakes Fire via Twitter.
Two Charged After Drug Raid in Barrie.
Drugs, cash and a vehicle were seized by police after Southern Georgian Bay OPP executed search warrants on a vehicle and two residences in Barrie on June 9. OPP and Barrie police officers seized thre...
Jun 10, 2021 OPP photo
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 25 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 25 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. The health unit also reports 2 new recoveries since yesterday and 1 new hospitalization. To date, 70...
Jun 09, 2021
OPP Seeking More Victims in Midland Harassment Investigation
The OPP has charged a 41-year-old Midland man after allegations a person had been secretly video recorded and harassed. A search warrant was executed at an apartment on King Street in Midland on June ...
Jun 09, 2021
Modernized Math Course Prepares Students for Jobs of the Future and Life Skills
The Province has announced an upgraded Grade 9 math curriculum that has an emphasis on real-life learning Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the new curriculum will improve math scores and says ove...
Jun 09, 2021
Dr. Charles Gardner Receives Unanimous Support From Board of Health
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) Board of Health has given a unanimous vote of confidence to Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Charles Gardner. The move comes in support of his leadership ...
Jun 09, 2021
$55,000 in Federal funding for projects responding to COVID-19 challenges
$55,000 in funding for Healthy Community initiatives has been announced for Barrie-Springwater-Oro Medonte. The money's being awarded to Copeland Forest Friends Association, Ontario Parents Advocating...
Jun 09, 2021
Submissions being accepted for the K. Valerie Connor Poetry Celebration
Get in touch with your creative side and you could win some cash by entering a poetry competition in Orillia. Open to residents across Ontario, the Stephen Leacock Museum's annual K Valerie Connor Poe...
Jun 09, 2021 Source: City of Orillia.
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 13 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths. The health unit also reports 17 new recoveries since yesterday's update. To date, 58 percent of Simc...
Jun 08, 2021