Category Archives: Orillia News
Nasty Weekend Weather Expected
Some nasty weather is headed our way this weekend. A Special Weather Statement is in effect for Simcoe County and Muskoka. Environment Canada says snow, ice pellets, and a prolonged period of freezing...
Dec 11, 2020 Environment Canada
Snow Valley Resort Opening To Pass Holders In One Week
Snow Valley resort has announced that it will be opening up one week from today. It says ski and snowboard operations begin for passholders only, with daily sales available starting on Sunday, Dec. 20...
Dec 11, 2020
Scentsy Warmer Recall
Two Scentsy decorative wax warmers are being recalled. Health Canada says the electrical components of the Scentsy Luminary Jack and Bless This Home Warmers may be corroded posing a fire hazard. The L...
Dec 10, 2020 Health Canada
Trudeau Says Vaccine Rollout Will Be A Massive Project Over A Long Winter
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says vaccine rollout was an important discussion at today's 23rd first minister's meeting of the year with the provinces. He says the first 30,000 doses of the Pfizer Bio...
Dec 10, 2020
Drugs, Replica Handguns and Cash Seized In Simcoe County
Six people face drug trafficking charges after four search warrants were executed across Simcoe County. Orillia OPP says the searches happened yesterday and that they seized cocaine and fentanyl, two ...
Dec 10, 2020
New Ontario Covid Projections Are Startling
If things continue the way they are, Ontario health officials say we could see 25 hundred Covid-19 cases a day by the first week of January. The doctors say if we jump from the current 1.5 percent gro...
Dec 10, 2020
OSMH Tightening Visitor Restrictions Friday
Orillia's Soldiers Memorial Hospital (OSMH) will be tightening visitor restrictions Friday (Dec 11th). It's a proactive move in light of increased Covid-19 cases throughout the region. Starting Friday...
Dec 10, 2020
Orillia Woman Charged Following Hwy 11 Collision
A 32-year-old Orillia woman is facing impaired driving charges following a collision on Hwy 11 in Severn Township. Tuesday just after 11 pm police received a call about an intoxicated female driver. A...
Dec 10, 2020 Image from Twitter via @OPP_WR
Ontario's First Covid-19 Vaccine Doses To Be Administered Next Week
Premier Doug Ford says Ontario is ready to receive Covid-19 vaccines as soon as they are available. Following yesterday's Health Canada approval of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, Ford says his government ...
Dec 10, 2020
Two Dead In Midland
Police in Midland are investigating the deaths of two people, within four hours of each other. OPP say the incidents happened early last evening. The cause of death for a 25 year old woman and a 38 ye...
Dec 10, 2020 Image: OPP Cruiser