Author Archives: Bayshore News Team

Another township, Oro Medonte, has initiatied a fire ban because of the extreme dry conditions. Due to the recent string of warm weather and the extended forecast of dry and humid weather for the upco...

You can still sing some songs, but there cannot be any campfires in Severn Township. Because of the very dry conditions, the township fire department has issued a total ban on any type of fire includi...

A very quick thief is being sought by police in Barrie. The culprit wears gloves, smashes a window and then takes off with a cash register. He's usually in an out in less than two minutes. The smash a...

A protest parade is planned through the countryside into Stayner today, over the possibility of an eight-turbine wind farm on County Road 91. The parade is being planned by the group, Clearview WAIT, ...

A lot of boaters in and around Orillia and right across the province not wearing lifejackets. That has the lifesaving society concerned. At the mid-summer mark, the Lifesaving Society reports that non...

Hundreds of aspiring police officers have converged on the OPP Headquarters here in Orillia for OPP Bound 2011. The three-day recruitment camp draws potential OPP officers from all over the country. S...

Its time to think about giving the gift of life. As people prepare to head off to cottages for summer vacation, many hospital patients will be fighting to survive. Theyll urgently need blood. Canadian...

The walls of the old Sundial Restaurant and Inn could be coming down by the end of this week. Orillia's Chief Building Official Kelly Smith says she expects to issue a demolition permit for the tear d...

Some top level Fastball on tap for this evening, as the Argentina Junior Mens National Team take part in a pair of exhibition games at Vasey Ball Park. Brad Robinson is with the Vasey Countrymen one o...

Another Mariposa Folk Festival is in the history books, and the 51st edition being hailed a huge success by the organizers, audience and performers. Mariposa Folk Festival Artistic Director Mike Hill ...