Category Archives: Orillia News

A fire Monday in Penetanguishene is being investigated as suspicious. Flames broke out around 7 a.m. on the third floor of an apartment building on Poyntz Street. OPP and fire fighters were able to ge...

Two people face a raft of criminal charges after Barrie police responded to call of a suspicious person ...they stopped a vehicle on Hart Drive late last week where officers spotted open liquor. As th...

Police are looking for a suspect after a bit of a crime spree that started in Barrie and continued into Muskoka Wednesday. OPP say a vehicle that was stolen from Barrie was left in Gravenhurst where t...

Orillia OPP are investigating a series of Break and Enters at two apartment buildings near the area of Orchard Point Road and Atherley Road in the City of Orillia. Several reports of Break and Enters ...

The City of Barrie is discounting building permit application fees for ARUs or Additional Rental Units by half. The idea is to support the creation of more affordable housing options in the city. The ...

Simcoe County is looking ahead to the summer and urging post-secondary students to apply for jobs. A complete list of available jobs through the county is available at simcoe.ca

A RIDE checkpoint on Neywash Street in Orillia resulted in impaired charges for a commercial vehicle operator. Yesterday, just before midnight, officers charged a 50 year old Orillia man - in addition...

Orillia OPP have charged three local residents with a raft of drug possession and trafficking offences. A search warrant was executed at an Orillia residence this morning at 5:30...after an investigat...

You may see the new Northlander train soon on the CN rail lines in Simcoe County and Muskoka. Testing has started as Ontario Northland prepares to resume passenger rail service between Toronto and Coc...

Barrie Police are looking for a vehicle that struck a pedestrian crossing the road at 279 Yonge Street back on December 18, 2025, just before 5:25 p.m. The vehicle is a white four-door pickup truck th...