Category Archives: Orillia News

Wasaga Beach Council wants the province to ban tents on the beach. This is in response to some reports on social media that people are using tents as out houses and pooping in the sand. The beach area...

The OPP Street Crime Unit from Southern Georgian Bay, Huronia West, and Collingwood have charged a Midland resident following a search warrant. On Friday, police executed the warrant at a Midland resi...

Orillia OPP is investigating the cause of a fire that happened on Oxford Street in Orillia and is asking any witnesses to come forward. At around 6 yesterday morning, police and Orillia Fire responded...

The province's Special Investigations Unit says that there were no reasonable grounds that a member of the Orillia OPP committed an offence following an incident in late March. On March 29th, police w...

Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith is refuting claims on social media, about what he terms "unsanitary behaviour" at the town's beaches. There have been posts making the rounds on Tik Tok and elsewhere th...

Emergency crews were on the scene Monday afternoon, of a building fire in Penetanguishene. The flames broke out at a place at Church and Burke Streets. Fire fighters from several departments were call...

OPP say life jackets saved the day when nine people found themselves in the water of Georgian Bay, after their boat sank. The incident happened Saturday afternoon in Papoose Bay, off Beausoliel Island...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP has charged one person following a homicide investigation in Midland. On July 15, police were called to a residence on Seventh Street just before 1 p.m. and found one person ...

The County of Simcoe is expanding its community safety teams program. A team has been operating in downtown Barrie as part of the county's homelessness prevention strategy. It builds relationships wit...

Volunteers in Waubaushene will be ridding part of Georgian Bay of a pesky invasive plant later this month. The annual community cut will take place July 25th, where Phragmites will be removed from the...