Category Archives: Orillia News

With more people staying at home as a result of COVID-19, the City of Orillia is adjusting its waste collection set-out requirements to help residents that may have additional garbage at this time. Ea...

The 2019 Sunshine List has been released. It unveils which public-sector employees earned more than $100,000 a year. In 2019, close to 167,000 people made the cut in Ontario. Here are a look at some o...

A new enhanced Covid-19 self-assessment tool is available through the Province. It's easy to use and takes you through a series of questions to inform those who are concerned they may have contracted ...

Three Barrie men face charges after a counterfeit money investigation. Police stopped a vehicle Sunday after getting reports over the weekend about counterfeit American currency being used in Orillia ...

The OPP is cracking down on people and businesses ignoring new "social-distancing" rules in the province, after it declared a state of emergency. The OPP said its officers will be charging people at g...

The Province is reporting another case of Covid-19 in our region. The case is a woman in her 60's and contraction was travel related. The Province reports she recently travelled to Egypt, Israel and L...

The 400 Market has decided to close this weekend. The message was posted on its Facebook page and says: Our thoughts are with everyone during this difficult time. We encourage you to practice responsi...

The City of Orillia continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic by evaluating the precautionary measures it can put in place to combat the spread of the virus and encourage social distancing. As a r...

There has been another COVID-19 death in Barrie. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) confirmed on Saturday afternoon that a man in his 70s from Alberta, who was being treated at the hospit...

Thanks to a phone call from a concerned citizen, a suspected impaired driver has been arrested in MIdland. Police say on Friday afternoon, they responded to a report of a possible impaired driver on F...