Category Archives: Orillia News

York Regional Police is warning the community about a new strain of the drug fentanyl that was discovered after an overdose incident in Newmarket. The fentanyl seized at the scene was distinctive oran...

The Family Day weekend has arrived, but if you're going to be spending any time outdoors, you'll definitely want to dress in several layers. Extremely cold weather is expected over the next few days w...

More than $3 million in provincial funding means Muskoka's paramedicine program can expand. The new money was announced by local MPP Norm Miller. It will expand a pilot project which had paramedics ke...

Police accidentally shot and killed a 1-year-old boy, during a standoff with his father near Lindsay. Those are the findings of the Special Investigations Unit. The incident took place on November 26,...

There will be a spring break this year, but not in March. Ontario's Minister of Education Stephen Lecce announced today the annual one-week break at the province's publicly funded schools will be push...

A 40-year-old Midland woman has been charged with drunk driving after a car plowed into a snowbank, right in front of OPP officers.. Police say officers were dealing with an unrelated call on Yonge St...

Someone in Collingwood may be sitting on a pile of money they don't know about -- but the clock is ticking. There are two weeks left to claim an ENCORE - LOTTO MAX prize worth $100,000 from the Tuesda...

Today is 2-1-1 Day across North America. It raises awareness of the valuable services offered by 211, which is a free, confidential, 24 hour a day, 7 day a week helpline 2-1-1 connects people to local...

A Keswick woman was rescued after going through the ice of Paul's Lake in Muskoka Wednesday morning. Officers converged on the area of Campbell's Road and Gravenhurst Parkway near the Muskoka airport....

Test results coming back to the Simcoe Muskoka Health unit are showing more cases of a very contagious COVID-19 variant. In an update Wednesday, the health unit revealed 133 people have tested positiv...