Category Archives: Orillia News

OPP are warning of two particular scams currently impacting residents province-wide. One is the contractor/paving scam - police say the scammers go door to door offering driveway paving, roof repair o...

The City of Orillia is again inviting residents to submit snow plow names for the next winter season. The popular community contest is returning following the City's Public Works Fun Fest held last Sa...

Barrie Police were called to the Burger King parking lot on Bayfield Street Sunday around 7:15am for a report that a car had been idling for over two hours. Inside they found a 21 year old male passed...

Barrie Police have charged four youths in connection with an alarming series of incidents Sunday evening involving threats with a weapon and thefts from businesses in the Leacock Drive area. Police sa...

Orillia OPP are asking the public for help in finding a missing man who is possibly in Severn Township. Police say 58-year-old Paul Whitney is described as 6'4" tall, approximately 220 lbs, with short...

Orillia OPP have charged a local woman with mischief after a monument was vandalized with spray paint in Couchiching Park last evening. She was accompanied by about two dozen people who came to protes...

South Simcoe Police have charged a 31 year old Barrie man with manslaughter, and a 26 year old Barrie woman with failing to provide the necessities of life in connection to the death of an infant in 2...

Orillia OPP are looking for witnesses in connection to hate-motivated materials being distributed in the community. An investigation began last Sunday after police were notified of antisemitic materia...

The City of Orillia is looking for food truck vendors to join the Lakeside Live Concert Series this summer at the Rotary Aqua Theatre in Couchiching Beach Park. Available dates: July 11 & Aug. 22 ...

An early morning fire in Barrie today has resulted in a local woman facing arson charges. A 59-year-old woman was charged less than an hour after a suspicious fire in the basement of a residence on Es...