Category Archives: Orillia News

Simcoe County has four new cases of COVID-19. Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Charles Gardner, says two of the cases are still being processed. He says those cases n...

The list is out. A full list of businesses that are allowed to stay open after midnight tonight has been released by the provincial government. Yesterday, the Ontario Government ordered the mandatory ...

An employee at the Walmart Supercentre in Midland does NOT have the coronavirus. Officials say test results have come back negative. The store on Highway 12 was temporarily closed to the public for a ...

Barrie and the Township of Oro Medonte have declared States of Emergency. Oro Medonte Mayor Harry Hughes says the declaration isn't done to incite panic, but says it allows the Township to dedicate re...

Premier Doug Ford has ordered the shut down of all non-essential services to curb the spread of Covid-19. The order takes effect 11:59 pm Tuesday. It's expected that services such as supermarkets, pha...

The Province is committing $200 million to help Ontario's most vulnerable through the Covid-19 pandemic. The money is social services relief funding for municipalities and organizations that administe...

There are now 10 cases of COVID-19 in Simcoe-Muskoka. The health unit says the latest case is a woman in her 60's who travelled to Israel, Jordan and Egypt and went to the hospital in Orangeville when...

A 30-year-old Orillia man has been charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest after an incident on Peter Street. OPP say they were investigating a probation breach today when the suspect stru...

OPP say a man's sudden death currently being investigated in Orillia is not considered suspicious at this time. Saturday morning police responded to an Atherley Road business after getting reports of ...

Effective today all Barrie municipal playground equipment and waterfront fitness equipment is closed to the public. Signs are being installed today in all the parks with playgrounds and the fitness eq...