Category Archives: News
MEMORIAL SCATTERING GARDEN FIRST OF ITS KIND IN SIMCOE COUNTY
Clearview Township along with Stayner Union Cemetery has opened a memorial scattering garden at the Cemetery. It's the first of its kind in Simcoe County. Special organic soil can turn cremated ashes ...
Oct 21, 2025
CITY NEEDS LIFEGUARDS
The availability of swim time at the Orillia Rec Centre just went down significantly. A shortage of life guards for daytime swims during the week is the culprit. Evening and weekends remain fully staf...
Oct 21, 2025
TOYS FOR TICKETS BACK THIS YEAR
The Orillia Toys for Tickets campaign will kick off on Saturday, Nov. 1st. Every person who gets a parking ticket (with the exception of accessible parking violations) in the City of Orillia between N...
Oct 21, 2025
Owen Sound Attack Celebrity Serve Wednesday
You can have an Owen Sound Attack Hockey player serve your table Wednesday night at Boston Pizza. The Attack Hockey Fights Cancer Celebrity Serve is set to take place October 22nd from 5:30 to 8p.m. F...
Oct 21, 2025 Owen Sound Boston Pizza. Image from Google Street View
Groundbreaking Marks Milestone for Dwight Community Hub
The Township of Lake of Bays has officially broken ground on the Dwight Library Expansion and Community Centre Upgrades project, a major milestone for a long-anticipated, community-led initiative. Onc...
Oct 21, 2025
Hanover Recognizes The Local Winners Of The Provincial Lawn Bowling Championship
The Town of Hanover is celebrating the four locals who took the gold in the fourth Provincial Lawn Bowling Championship. Council recognized Katrina Carter, Patricia Kaufmann, Sandy Weatherall, and Jil...
Oct 21, 2025 Winners Of Provincial Lawn Bowling Championship Katrina Carter, Patricia Kaufmann, Sandy Weatherall, and Jill Calvert-Goetz (Photo from Town of Hanover Zoom)
Impaired Driving Charges Laid in Parry Sound
The West Parry Sound Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged one person with impaired driving. On October 20th at noon the West Parry Sound OPP responded to a singl...
Oct 21, 2025
Local Chef Wins International Award With Chapman's Ice Cream
Owen Sound Indigenous Chef Zach Keeshig's sweetgrass ice cream collaboration with Chapman's Ice cream has won a first place international award. It tied for first place for the most innovative ice cre...
Oct 21, 2025 Chef Zach Keeshing, owner of Naagan in Owen Sound (photo courtesy Zach Keeshig)
Residential Conversion Of Downtown Owen Sound Building Completed
The Edgewater Building in downtown Owen Sound is now ready for residential occupancy. The building at 920 1st Avenue West, was purchased by Northridge Property Management in 2010 from the Grey Bruce H...
Oct 21, 2025 The Edgewater Building in downtown Owen Sound in an undated photo (image via Northridge Property Management)
$1K Available To Huron County Youth For Engagement Programs
Youth looking to bring the community together can get some funding from Huron County. Officials are accepting applications for the Supporting Local Youth (SLY) program, which offers grants up to $1 th...
Oct 21, 2025 Image: Huron County Courthouse