Category Archives: Orillia News

Two Lakehead University Orillia researchers are receiving Partnership Engage Grants of approximately $25,000 each for research connected with COVID-19, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research...

The City of Orillia has sold the former call centre building on Hunter Valley Road to Polyethics Industries. "Selling the former call centre building and property to one of Orillia's expanding busines...

Applications are now open or the new accelerated Personal Support Worker program at Georgian College. The program, recently announced by the provincial government, will provide funding to cover tuitio...

Simcoe-Muskoka is officially back in the Red Zone today, only one week after being placed in lockdown due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in the region. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has issued ...

Members of the Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch have charged an individual in connection to an opi...

The Canadian Coast Guard advises residents of Midland that the CCGS Griffon will be carrying out icebreaking operations in the area, and in the North Channel, Lake Huron, on or around March 9, 2021. I...

Police have made an arrest in the attempted hold-up of a Coldwater pharmacy on March 4. And investigators say it was tips from the public that led them to a suspect. A 33 year old Midland man has been...

A burglar alarm scared off a would be thief in Essa Township Monday night, but his image was caught by a surveillance camera and now OPP would like to find him. This happened in a building the 8th lin...

Simcoe County and Muskoka are moving back into the Red Zone on Monday, one week earlier than anticipated. Every two weeks, the province re-evaluates its colour-coded reopening framework, but decided t...

Canada's most beloved hockey dad has died. Wayne Gretzky confirmed on social media last night that his father Walter Gretzky passed away. He wrote, "It's with deep sadness that Janet and I share the n...