Category Archives: Orillia News

Premier Doug Ford has responded to news that the Pfizer vaccine shortage for Canada is worse than had been thought. Today the Federal government announced that no new Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines would ar...

Midland's hospital has received a generous gift to improve patients' experiences. Georgian Bay General Hospital has been given five million dollars from the Marco Mancini Family Foundation to address ...

There is one new COVID-19 related death in Simcoe/Muskoka reported today along with 79 cases. The new cases include 51 in Barrie, one in Clearview, one in Collingwood and two in Essa. There is one new...

All eligible long-term care residents across Simcoe/ Muskoka who wanted one, has received the COVID-19 vaccine. The LTC immunization roll-out started on January 11 and in less than a week, 3,545 peopl...

Hydro One has finalized the purchase of an additional 21.5 acres of land from the City of Orillia. It is located in the Horne Business Park to accommodate the construction of a new Hydro One Regional ...

Ontario's chief medical officer of health says the province must cut its daily COVID-19 case counts to below 1,000 before lockdown measures can be lifted. However, Dr. David Williams called the goal "...

Lakehead University International has announced the launch of the Lakehead Global Certificate (LGC) program. It is a specialized, non-academic co-curricular program, which the University says provides...

It has been a deadly start to Snowmobile Safety Week. Three snowmobilers have died in two separate incidents on the same day. The OPP say a snowmobile went through the ice on Sunday afternoon near Mid...

There has been a second outbreak of COVID-19 declared at RVH in Barrie. It says cases associated with the outbreak on its Transitional Care Unit include one patient, including one death and one health...

Two fatal snowmobile incidents over the weekend have the OPP warning sledders to stay off frozen waterways, while the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) is urging them to stay off closed OF...