Author Archives: Bayshore News Team

The Community Living Association for South Simcoe is calling it a "staff error". They're referring to an inicident Monday that saw a 24-year-old man with down-syndrom locked in a van for 3 hours. Chri...

The storm that just went through our area might have cooled things off a little, but it also left some major damage. Packet and Times reporting that a large Ash tree was downed at the Leacock Museum. ...

This is the first really hot day of the summer and the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has some advice on how to deal with the high temperatures and how to avoid getting heat stroke. Brenda Armstr...

Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton has been appointed to the position of assistant deputy chair of the committees of the whole, according to the Packet & Times. The assistant deputy chair is a member o...

Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton has received a bit of a promotion on Parliament Hill. He has been appointed as one of three deputy speakers. Officially Stanton is the Assistant Deputy Chair of the Commi...

Orillia City Council is sticking with it's decision to place hydro lines along Millennium Trail. This follows a tense debate between those who prefer the trail option - and those who want to see the l...

Orillia's Mayor has requested a report on the new library currently being built. Angelo Orsi wants to know if the new library currently being constructed behind the Opera House - needs to be so big. D...

There wont be many empty classrooms at Georgian college here in Orillia, Barrie and Owen Sound this summer. The college will be hosting more than 3 thousand students for the summer semester. This repr...

The Orillia OPP are investigating a motor vehicle accident that happened last evening at the intersection of Front and Coldwater, which has resulted in the death of one pedestrian. OPP say that a nort...

Orillia OPP continue to investigate yesterday's fatal vehicle-pedestrian collision in the downtown area. Around 6:45 last evening, a northbound vehicle on Front was attempting to turn onto Coldwater a...