Category Archives: Orillia News
Compliments Deli Lunch Meat Recall
There has been an update on a deli lunch meat recall. Levitts Foods (Canada) Inc. is recalling certain Compliments brand and The Deli-Shop brand deli meat products from the marketplace due to possible...
Dec 08, 2020 CFIA
Mario Lopez Starring As Sexy Colonel Sanders?
Sadly, it is not a joke. Former Saved By The Bell star Mario Lopez will play KFC's longtime mascot Colonel Sanders in a steamy Lifetime channel holiday romance movie. "A Recipe for Seduction" tells th...
Dec 08, 2020 Lifetime
British Grandma Becomes First To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Outside of a Trial
A British grandma has become the first in the world today to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, outside of a trial. Margaret Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central Englan...
Dec 08, 2020 Reuters
More Cases Of COVID-19 Reported at Georgian Bay General Hospital
More cases of COVID-19 have been reported at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Midland. An outbreak of COVID-19 declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) on December 4, in collaboration with the...
Dec 08, 2020
Two Barrie Transit Operators Test Positive For COVID-19
Two Barrie Transit operators have recently received positive COVID-19 tests. The city says the bus operators have been self-isolating since last week. It adds the buses these operators drive were remo...
Dec 07, 2020 Flickr
Residents Encouraged To "Light Up Springwater"
Organizations and businesses have joined together to 'Light Up Springwater'. Beautiful Christmas lights and displays have been set-up around the township to add a little magic to this year's holiday s...
Dec 07, 2020
Ford Tells Cottagers To Stay In If They're Headed To Secondary Residences Over The Holidays
Premier Doug Ford says if you go to the cottage over the holidays you should stay there and not go out. Addressing people attending their secondary residences throughout the Festive Season, Ford says ...
Dec 07, 2020
Three Face Impaired Driving Charges In Orillia
Three men are facing impaired driving charges in Orillia. Two were pulled over Saturday on Hwy 11 after being flagged for speeding and traffic violations. The third was charged Sunday after a two-vehi...
Dec 07, 2020 Image from Twitter via @OPP_WR
Ontario's Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Plan Will Have Three Phases
General Rick Hillier says Ontario wants to run "an efficient and equitable" Covid-19 vaccination program. Ontario's Covid-19 Task Force leader wants it so every person in the Province can voluntarily ...
Dec 07, 2020
Could It Be Another Record-breaking Week Of Local Covid Cases?
It could be another record breaking week of Covid-19 cases in Simcoe/Muskoka. The health unit is reporting 171 new cases covering yesterday and today. Last week's total, which broke the record since t...
Dec 07, 2020