Category Archives: Orillia News
OPP Charge Midland Resident With Second-Degree Murder Following Investigation
Southern Georgian Bay OPP has charged one person following a homicide investigation in Midland. On July 15, police were called to a residence on Seventh Street just before 1 p.m. and found one person ...
Jul 20, 2024
Simcoe County Adding More Downtown Community Safety Teams
The County of Simcoe is expanding its community safety teams program. A team has been operating in downtown Barrie as part of the county's homelessness prevention strategy. It builds relationships wit...
Jul 19, 2024 Source: Simcoe.ca
Georgian Bay Phragmites to be targeted in Tay Township
Volunteers in Waubaushene will be ridding part of Georgian Bay of a pesky invasive plant later this month. The annual community cut will take place July 25th, where Phragmites will be removed from the...
Jul 16, 2024 Source: Georgian Bay Forever.
Simcoe County working on new 10-year affordable housing plan.
Simcoe County is about to develop targets for new affordable housing units to be built over the next ten years. The county has exceeded its original target set a decade ago. At the time, officials had...
Jul 16, 2024 Source: County of Simcoe.
Orillia OPP Look For Information, Dash Cam Footage Of Suspicious Vehicle Fire
Orillia OPP is continuing its investigation into a suspicious fire that happened late last month. The vehicle fire happened on June 24th on Atherly Road near Highway 12 in Orillia. Police and fire res...
Jul 07, 2024
Orillia OPP Investigate Assault On Mississauga Street
Orillia OPP is investigating an aggravated assault in the town after they were called to a disturbance on Mississauga Street West. On Friday evening, police arrived at the scene and found a man in dis...
Jun 30, 2024
Six Arrested In Human Trafficking Investigation
The OPP, along with a dozen other agencies including Barrie police, have broken up a human trafficking ring. They've arrested six people on 81 charges, and identified 5 victims --including three who w...
Jun 27, 2024 OPP Photo
Long Time Midland Council Member Mourned.
Flags in Midland are flying at half staff, after the death of councillor Jim Downer. The long time municipal politician died Thursday. Downer was involved in town council for almost 30 years and previ...
Jun 27, 2024 Town of Midland Photo.
Drowning at Wasaga Beach
The was a drowning in Wasaga Beach Sunday. OPP say a 61-year-old man fell off a paddle board at Allenwood Beach and was not wearing a life jacket. As the paddle board was blown away, the man tried to ...
Jun 17, 2024 Image from Twitter via @OPP_WR
Fire in Orillia
Orillia Fire fighters were busy Friday morning dealing with a fire at a house on Forest Avenue. They were assisted by fire fighters from Severn and Rama. There's no word on damage or the cause.
Jun 07, 2024 Source: Orillia Fire via X.