Category Archives: Orillia News

The new Barrie Small Business Tax Relief Grant program has been given initial approval by Council. It would provide grants of up to $5,000 for qualifying small businesses to help with property tax cos...

Premier Doug Ford is not happy that young people are now making up 50 percent of new COVID19 cases in the province. Ontario reported nearly 2,094 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with 10 more de...

Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the delayed March break is still scheduled to happen. Lecce says parents should still plan for the delayed March break happening starting on April 12 and addition...

Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) is recommending a pause on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations for people under 55 due to safety concerns. Provinces are being advised to stop...

Now is not the time to travel. That's the message from the Prime Minister. Justin Trudeau wrote on Twitter last night that if you have plans to head somewhere for the long weekend, cancel them. He say...

In its first update from the weekend, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting 172 new COVID-19 cases, along with one more death related to the virus-a New Tecumseth woman between 65 and 7...

Orillia OPP is conducting a lock it or lose it campaign after vehicles were entered at local parks and trail entrances recently. They'll be checking vehicles in targeted areas and leaving reminders fo...

Oro-Medonte is taking a closer look at its Council composition and ward boundaries. The Township's retained Watson & Associates Economists Ltd. in association with Dr. Robert J. Williams to conduc...

Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton will take to Facebook Live tonight to inform constituents of his efforts to keep the SS Keewatin in Port McNichol. The passenger liner once sailed between Port Arthur/For...

A vehicle in the ditch in Waubaushene has led to impaired driving charges. Police say the accident happened on Saturday night on Highway 12 at Gervais Road, where officers began an impaired driving in...