Category Archives: Orillia News

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit's Medical Officer is defending his decision to advise the region be moved back into lockdown. Dr. Charles Gardner posted a video on Facebook Sunday (posted belo...

A petition has been created to reverse the lockdown in Simcoe Muskoka. It was created by Emil Kamel, who is the owner of North Swing Golf Lounge in Barrie. He says the local small business owners have...

Someone in the Sudbury area is 70 million dollars richer. OLG says a single winning ticket was sold in Friday night's LottoMax jackpot, and it was purchased in the Sudbury area. And a Max Millions tic...

The Barrie Public Library has cancelled the annual Barrie Dragon Boat Festival for the second year in a row due to COVID-19. "Health and safety remain as our top priority and for a large-scale event t...

The province has slammed the emergency brake on Simcoe Muskoka. The area will be declared a Grey lockdown zone as of Monday. So, what does that mean exactly? Please see below. Organized public events,...

As COVID-19 continues to progress and residents are urged to remain socially distanced, the Township of Severn has launched a series of monthly challenges on social media to engage and entertain resid...

The Ontario government is making changes to improve the access to child care across the province. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the amendments today. "The changes we are announcing today ...

Police are investigating two separate incidents on Highway 400 in Barrie. OPP Sergeant Kerry Schmidt says a person fell from an overpass on the NB lanes of the highway at Dunlop around 6pm Thursday an...

Three people have been arrested after a car was ditched on Highway 11 in Severn township. Police say shortly before midnight on Wednesday, they were notified about a vehicle in the ditch on the highwa...

The Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit has released details of its vaccine roll out. As of March 1, people in a number of priority groups will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. They include: - Adul...