Category Archives: Orillia News
Two Orillia Hospital Patients Test Positive for COVID-19.
Two patients who shared a room at Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Orillia, have tested positive for COVID -19. As a result, the hospital and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit have heightened surv...
Jun 21, 2021
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 23 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 23 COVID-19 cases and 2 new deaths. Today's update - the first since last week - also includes 16 new recoveries and 2 new hospitalizations. To dat...
Jun 21, 2021
Marine Rescue Off Collingwood
Details are coming out about the rescue of two boaters from Georgian Bay off Collingwood Sunday. OPP received a call from a resident on Georgian Manor Drive about someone sounding their air horn on th...
Jun 21, 2021 OPP Photo
Appointments Expanding This Week For Second Dose Vaccines
Starting today, Ontario is once again expanding who will be eligible to book an accelerated second dose appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine. Anytime after 8 a.m. Monday, anyone who received their first...
Jun 21, 2021
Barrie Recognizing Pollinator Week
The City of Barrie is recognizing Pollinator Week. It is an annual event celebrated across the world in support of pollinator health. Residents are being asked to submit a picture of a pollinator at w...
Jun 21, 2021
It's National Indigenous Peoples Day
It's National Indigenous Peoples Day. It is an opportunity for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage and diverse contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Mtis peoples. On all o...
Jun 21, 2021
Summer Has Officially Arrived
Summer has officially arrived! The summer solstice began at 11:32 Sunday night, when Earth arrived at the point in its orbit where the North Pole is at its maximum tilt toward the Sun, which results i...
Jun 21, 2021
Order Of Orillia Recipient Has Drowned In Lake Couchiching
A recipient of the Order Of Orillia has died, after being pulled from Lake Couchiching without vital signs. Police say the 42-year-old Christopher Bellchambers was pulled from the water by bystanders ...
Jun 21, 2021
Two Convenience Store Robberies in Barrie Within 24 Hours
A Barrie convenience store has been robbed again, for at least the third time this year. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who held up the Circle K at Duckworth and Grov...
Jun 20, 2021
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 19 New COVID-19 Cases
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 19 new COVID-19 Cases today and no new deaths. Today's update also includes 13 new recoveries. To date, 73 percent of Simcoe-Muskoka's over 18 popu...
Jun 18, 2021