Category Archives: Local News

A new incubation office in Orillia hopes to help make the city more desirable for family physicians. Pat Thor, the Project Coordinator from the Orillia & Area Physician Recruitment & Retention...

The Sharing Place Food Bank in Orillia is receiving a generous donation this week of 1,871.7 pounds of food. Employees from Casino Rama have donated hundreds of pounds of nutritious food. Each pound o...

Dry conditions have prompted a full fire ban for residents in Ramara Township. The Ramara Fire Department called a full fire ban yesterday, banning all open-air burning until further notice. Kawartha ...

Health and Wellness students from Georgian College need your help to help others. The students are in need of supplies for an upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic where they will provide medical ca...

There is a new player in the Tourism game in Grey Bruce and Simcoe counties. The Regional Tourism Organization 7 Board has now named its executive, and the Chair of Group is Bev Philp of Blue Mountain...

Orillia Mayor Angelo Orsi wants to have a discussion with the Ontario Reality Corporation about just can be publicly discussed surrounding the Huronia Regional Centre lands. He says the leaking of a c...

The Orillia budget process is under way once again. Council has approved a motion from Mayor Angelo Orsi that would see work on the budget begin by late next month. The motion also calls for staff to ...

There is no major new spending or tax cuts to attract voters in today's Ontario budget. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan focused limited new spending to an expanded breast cancer screening program, new ...

OPP have released the name of a 65-year old man who died yesteray at Mount St. Louis Moonstone. Peter Barrick of Oro-Medonte died just before noon, after he lost control on the slope and hit a tree. B...

Orillia OPP are investigating three reports of Break, Enter and theft from residents in the Cumberland Beach area of Severn Township. The incidents occurred between the dates of March 16 March 24, 201...