Category Archives: Orillia News

A 27-year-old Midland man is facing charges in connection with two New Years Day robberies. The evening of January 1st, OPP responded to a Yonge Street convenience store in Midland after a robbery whe...

Results from this year's Festive RIDE program are in for North Simcoe. OPP set up 143 RIDE check stops since November 26th on local trails and roadways. The effort resulted in officers checking over 3...

The Mayor of Ramara Township has launched a campaign for the Conservative Party nomination in Simcoe North. Basil Clarke is also a farmer and Simcoe Councillor with 20 years of political experience. H...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP have arrested two suspected impaired drivers, after separate incidents on New Year's Day. Just after midnight on January 1, 2021, an officer was responding to a call in Tiny ...

The City of Barrie will be performing snow removal operations in the downtown area during the overnight hours for the next days. It says all vehicles should be removed from metered parking by 8 p.m. o...

As part of the Ontario government's lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19, elementary and secondary students will not return to school in person today as planned. Instead, elementary and secondary s...

Tyler Donald Scriver is the fist baby of the New Year at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. He and his mom, Brittany Scriver of Woodville, are said to be doing well. Tyler arrived at 5:19 am on Janu...

RVH has welcomed the first baby of 2021! Arriving at 8:49 a.m. on January 1, Midhurst residents and first-time parents Lilia DaSilva Gouvella and Ryan Furtado welcomed their baby boy Diego, weighing 6...

Orillia OPP is looking for the public's help to locate a missing man. Police say 40 year old Kevin Wilson was last seen in Orillia at 11pm on New Year's Eve. He is believed to be in the Queens Quay ar...

If you're looking for a meaningful way to ring in 2021, Canadian Blood Services needs you. Territory Manager, Elaine St. Pierre, says a clinic is being held for all residents of Simcoe County to donat...