Category Archives: Orillia News
Province Launches Job Loss And Recovery Committee
Premier Doug Ford says Ontario Covid-19 job losses are "a punch in the gut", but plans are in the works to restore them. Today the Province launched an Ontario Job Loss and Recovery Committee whose mi...
Apr 09, 2020
Six New Cases Of Coronavirus in Simcoe-Muskoka
The Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reporting six new cases of Coronavirus today. That brings the total to 114. The new cases range in age from 20's to 70's. Three of them got the virus from cl...
Apr 09, 2020
SIU Investigating Adjala-Tosorontio Firearm Incident
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating following a call about a distraught man with a firearm. OPP say the incident happened Wednesday around 8 pm. The 35-year-old Tay Township m...
Apr 09, 2020
Ontario Coronavirus Cases Rise by 483 Cases
The number of Coronavirus cases in Ontario is up by 483 cases today. That brings the provincial total to 5,759. Health officials report that there are now 200 deaths up by 26. There are also now 69 ou...
Apr 09, 2020
Canada Releases COVID-19 Projections
With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam...
Apr 09, 2020
Witnesses Sought After Pedestrian Critically Injured In Barrie
Barrie police are looking for witnesses, after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle early this morning. Around 1:30am, police were called to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in the area ...
Apr 09, 2020
Sign Up For Orillia Summer Programs For Free
In an effort to help parents and families during the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Orillia Parks, Recreation and Culture Department is offering registration for its popular summer camps with no upfro...
Apr 09, 2020
Orillia Good Friday Service Changes
As for what's shut down in Orillia this weekend, there will be no Orillia Transit/OWLS on Friday, April 10 and Sunday, April 12, but it will run Monday, April 13. Due to the Easter holiday, there will...
Apr 09, 2020
Four People Arrested In Wasaga Beach Drug Bust
Four people have been arrested, following a drug bust in Wasaga BEach. Last week, police executed a search warrant at a home in the town, where officers seized scales, packaging materials, drug paraph...
Apr 09, 2020
OSPCA Sets Up Urgent Animal Care Fund
The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has set up an Urgent Animal Care Fund with other SPCAs and humane societies in Ontario to help animal organizations in the province continue to care for animals and...
Apr 09, 2020