Author Archives: Bayshore News Team

We now know the name of the woman killed in a 40 car pile up on Highway 11 between Barrie and Orillia. 22 year old Connie Ward of Barrie got out of her vehicle to check the damage and was hit by anoth...

Lots of people will be slipping and sliding at the Couchiching Golf and Country Club this afternoon as the third annual cardboard box toboggan races get under way. Roz Llewellyn, Orillia recreation pr...

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop is going to bat for local slaughterhouses in their fight against ever changing regulations that threaten to put them out of business. Dunlop will meet with five compan...

Hosting youth sports tournaments is having an enormous positive impact on the local Orillia Econony. A report prepared for Orillia council shows that last year the Citys Parks and Recreation Departmen...

Police say a 40-vehicle pile up has claimed one life on a snowy stretch of highway in central Ontario. Provincial police Const. Peter Leon says the person was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway 1...

Orillia OPp probing the theft of 6 long guns. from a home in Severn township. The break and enter occurred sometime between the 17th and 20th of January, at a residence in Fesserton. The investigation...

With a pretty bad flu bug circulating in the community officials at Soldiers Memorial Hospital here in Orillia are asking people not to visit patients if they have any flu like symptoms. Hospital spok...

Orillia Councillor Don Jenkins wants to see the Province upgrade the Highway 12 bypass. He says whats needed is to widen the bypass -- between Memorial Avenue and Mississaga Street West -- and the Hig...

The Orillia Opera House will undergo a complete structural analysis and assessment following a motion introduced by City Councillor Patrick Kehoe. It was found recently the Opera House actually moved ...

The Orillia Police Services Board has elected a new chair. After a long stint as Vice-Chair of the board, George Morano will take on the responsibilities of chair. Morano replaces Don MacNeil who had ...