Category Archives: Orillia News

Ontario is stepping up to the plate with a $17 billion response to ensure healthcare systems, communities and the economy are positioned to weather the Covid-19 pandemic. Provincial Finance Minister R...

The province has launched a toll-free line to provide support to Ontario businesses struggling to make ends meet during the COVID-19 pandemic. The provincial government ordered all non-essential workp...

A Lakehead University professor is hosting a free webinar series: "Surviving and Thriving at Home with your children during the COVID-19 Pandemic". Dr. David Tranter, Associate Professor with the Scho...

The OPP says it has arrested one suspect and is still looking for another, following an ice-cream theft in Orillia. Police say just before 6 a.m. on February 24, two suspects broke into a Memorial Ave...

The OPP has arrested three men in connection with auto parts thefts in Severn Township. Early this morning, Orillia OPP officers were called about a suspicious person at a residence on County Road 16....

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the lights will stay on at a cheaper rate while construction job sites could come down if they don't follow the rules. The two issues were the main subjects at a press c...

You can expect your kids to be off school even longer than expected. Premier Doug Ford says it's likely kids will not be returning to class April 6th, as the number of cases of COVID-19 continue to ri...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says passing a bill to adopt emergency measures today is helping people as soon as possible and that "speed is of the essence." At a press conference today, Trudeau said ...

Members of Parliament are being called back to the House of Commons today to adopt emergency measures announced by the federal government aimed at easing the burden of COVID-19 on individuals and busi...

A COVID-19 assessment centre will open in Midland tomorrow (Wednesday), but ONLY by appointment only. The facility will be located at 845 King Street. Georgian Bay General Hospital says, "The objectiv...