Author Archives: Bayshore News Team

Orillia Council has moved to replace money lost to the local Physician Recruitment and Retention committee when the city lost its underservices designation. The committe lost 40 thosuand dollars that ...

Help is on the way for the overworked assistant to Orillia Mayor Angelo Orsi. Council has approved an proposal to hire an additional staffer in his office to help create a lighter workload and a more ...

Orillia OPP have identified the man found dead in the snow near Couchiching Beach Park Wednesday as 51 year old Clarence Schamehorn of Orillia. A post-mortem was conducted in Toronto Thursday and poli...

The freezing and bitter winds of Saturday gave way to moderate and mild temperatures on Sunday to province visitors to Orillia's Winter Carnival a extreme contrast in winter weather. However the cold ...

Lots of people took the plunge at the Orillia Winter Carnival annual Polar Bear Dip. The annual fundraiser for chairity went off without a hitch at Couchiching Beach Park Sunday Afternoon with more th...

With gas prices rising and grocery bills increasing it doesn't exactly feel like the inflation rate is as low as it is. Scotia Bank Chief Economist Dr Warren Jestin explains this is because it's actua...

Orillia waste management officials are looking for a little trash talk from the public. The city is holding two public fourms early next month to talk about waste management and about developing a fiv...

Barley and Wheat farmers in Western Canada may soon have more control over the marketing of their crops thanks to our local MP. MP for Simcoe North Bruce Stanton tabled a Private Members Bill Thursday...

As the verbal sparing continues beteen Premier Dalton McQuinty and Conservative leader Tim Hudak, Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop is keeping well away from the firing lines. Dunlop says he is not muc...

A big economic development conference took place at Lakehead University here in Orillia on Friday. The conference examined the universities role in community economic development. University President...