Category Archives: Orillia News

Simcoe County is bringing back its curbside collection program for clothing and textiles this month to help divert these materials away from landfills. During this two-week program, running June 7-18,...

The Orillia Perch Festival kicks off this weekend. Due to the pandemic, the event will be taking a different approach this year with participants submitting a cellphone picture of the fish caught in o...

Anne Street bridge is coming down this weekend. It is going to be demolished overnight tomorrow (Sat). Anne Street is currently shut down to vehicles and pedestrians from Edgehill Drive to Donald Stre...

Technical issues impacting RVH'S information and communication system have been resolved. It says a power supply failure in RVH's data centre yesterday resulted in a shutdown and ongoing disruption of...

Barrie Police have released the descriptions of two young men, who are wanted in connection with damage caused to Willow Landing Public School. Police say a citizen noticed a window damaged at the sch...

Simcoe County Paramedics are again warning of a dangerous strain of drugs present within Barrie that is believed to be a synthetic opioid Police said yesterday the dangerous & deadly strain has re...

Orillia's COVID-19 Waterfront Parking and Boat Launch Program comes into effect today. It will be in place on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. unt...

Get ready for a bit of a heat wave. Record-breaking heat is expected to begin this weekend and last for several days, when the temperature will hover around 30 degrees Celsius and that's not including...

Saying "yes" to ENCORE paid off for Jacob Spring of Orillia. He matched all seven ENCORE numbers in exact order in the May 4, 2021 LOTTO MAX draw to win $1 million! The 62-year-old retiree and married...

Starting today, Ontarians who received the first dose of AstraZeneca have a decision to make. Ontarians who have received their first dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can choose to either rece...