Category Archives: Orillia News
Eligible Childcare Workers Can Now Book A COVID-19 Vaccine
Starting at 8 o'clock this morning, child care workers in licensed child care settings will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment. The province says eligible workers in licensed child car...
Apr 29, 2021
Ontario Workers To Receive Three Paid Sick Days If Impacted By COVID-19
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the Province is legislating three paid sick days for part and full-time workers impacted by COVID-19 to be paid through the WSIB. It will be called the Wo...
Apr 28, 2021 The National Guard / CC
UPDATE: Health Unit Reports 99 COVID-19 Cases in Region Today
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 99 new COVID-19 cases today in the region. They include 21 in Barrie, 1 in Wasaga Beach, 3 in Orillia, 2 in Collingwood, 2 in Ramara, and 2 in Coll...
Apr 28, 2021
Utopia Man Will Spend Portion Of $100,000 Lotto Win On A Muskoka Dream Home
A man from Utopia, Ontario plans to put a portion of his recent $100,000 in Lotto MAX winnings towards a dream waterfront home in Muskoka. Saying "yes" to Encore has paid off for Garry Hoddinott. He s...
Apr 28, 2021
RVH Straining under the pressure of COVID-19.
The area's largest hospital is working full out looking after local patients and those from the GTA who are critically ill with COVID-19. Janice Skot, President of Barrie's Royal Victoria Regional Hea...
Apr 28, 2021 RVH photo-via Twitter
Auditor General Report Maintains Province Wasn't Prepared or Equipped to Deal with Pandemic
Ontario's Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk has released a damning report that maintains the Province wasn't "prepared or equipped" to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. The reasons outlined in the report inclu...
Apr 28, 2021
Two Hurt In Oro-Medonte Barn Collapse
Two people have been injured, after a barn under construction collapsed in Oro-Medonte. Police say two men were injured as a result of the collapse yesterday morning, and one of them had become trappe...
Apr 28, 2021
Simcoe-Muskoka Has First Case Of COVID-19 Variant From India
Our region has its first confirmed case of the COVID-19 variant originally found in India. The medical officer of health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Dr. Charles Gardner, made the anno...
Apr 28, 2021
Barrie Looking At Legal Options To Help Stop Meridian Place Gatherings
The City of Barrie is looking at legal options to help stop gatherings at Meridian Place. The City notes that gatherings have taken place there contrary to the Provincial Stay-at-Home Order, provincia...
Apr 27, 2021 City Of Barrie Logo
Nature Conservancy Expands Protection of Rare Habitat Near Orillia
The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) and the Couchiching Conservancy announced today the successful completion of efforts to purchase a key piece of the globally important Carden Alvar. The 551-hect...
Apr 27, 2021