Author Archives: Bayshore News Team

Premier Dalton McGuinty's new cabinet has been sworn into office. Premier, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs: Dalton McGuinty Minister of Finance and deputy Premier: Dwight Duncan Minister of Agri...

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop says Dwight Duncan is not the right person to be finance minister. He says Duncan really has not gone out of his way to try and work with the other parties in the legi...

A court date is set for today for the young men from Innisfil charged with murder in the death of a man from Collingwood, who died at a mini putt range in Barrie over the summer. 18 and 19 year old Ma...

Late yesterday afternoon, Orillia OPP were called to the scene of collision involving a motorist and a cyclist, at the intersection of Front and Coldwater. A 13-year old male cyclist was travelling ea...

A celebration of small business in Oro Medonte this morning as the mayor and council toasted the small business community at a special breakfast. Mayor Harry Hughes says the business breakfast was a w...

Lakehead University has announced a new scholarship program for high school students in Simcoe County. As part of its scholarship program renewal, the new Northwestern Ontario and Simcoe County Citize...

Environment Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for the Orillia area and all of Southern Ontario.Rain at times heavy. Amount 30 to 40 mm. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 60. That has prompted...

Parking fees are going up - and so too are the fines for those who park illegally. City Council has voted to increase the parking metre fee from a dollar an hour to two dollars an hour - however the t...

The great flouride in drinking water debate will be coming to Orillia in the not to distant future. Councillor Linda Muray, who also is a board of health member says council will be looking at the pos...

A group of old railway passenger cars on Orillias water front could be moving east. Coun. Pete Bowen told Monday's council committee meeting Orillia's Ossawippi rail cars could be moving to Kawartha L...