Category Archives: Local News

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a Single Vehicle Personal Injury Collision that occurred on Hwy 12 Near Atlantis Dr near Orillia at 4:30 this morning. A vehicle was traveling east on Hwy 1...

Orillia is one step closer to getting its very own Habitat for Humanity Re-Store. A Trillium grant of 225 thousand dollars means the group can hire a full-time Manager to oversee the opening and opera...

The local election campaign is slowly picking up the pace. Incumbent Conservative MP Bruce Stanton was the first out of the gate as far as the battle of the election signs is concerned with number Tor...

All four local candidates in Simcoe North are out of the starting gate and canvasing for votes. Incumbant Conservative MP Bruce Stanton will be on the hustings before the weekend is out and soon will ...

A Provincial Facilitator is going to get involved in negotiations over the controversial Simcoe County Growth Plan. Simcoe County Warden Cal Patterson says they were told Friday that the facilitator w...

A big boost for four local not for profit groups in Orillia from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. A total of 420 thousand 700 dollars in grants handed out to them. The Couchiching Conservancy has rece...

The issue of homelessness will be front and centre at the Orillia Campus of Georgian college Thursday April 7 th. That is when the Homeless Maze will be set up on campus. The event is being organized ...

Orillia soon will have a brand new presence on the internet. Council committee has recommended to council the city employ the services of E-Solutions Group of Waterloo to upgrade its website. Council ...

Names are now being accepted for two Ontario Minister's Awards. Garfield Dunlop, our MPP for Simcoe North encourages you to nominate who you think should be recognized in this years Minster of Environ...

Federally it is looking more and more like an election will be called within the next week, but locally our political leaders are hearing we don't want to head to the polls. Simcoe North MPP Garfield ...