Category Archives: Local News

The funds have now been tallied following last week's 8th Annual Coldwater Curl For a Cure event. A grand total of $31,000 was raised this year, far surpassing goals and even last year's total. The cu...

Efforts are underway to try and interest more women here in the Orillia area and the rest of Ontario in running for office in this Octobers Provincial Election. To that end, the group Equal Voice has ...

Orillia's soldiers memorial hospital doing a little fine tuning to its strategic plan. Hospital President and CEO Elisabeth Riley says the plan they have in place now is working well, but this is a ch...

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop raising a red flag concerning the safety of an intersection just west of Orillia on Highway 12. He is calling on the Ministry of Transportation to install traffic ligh...

A pot of oil left on the stove the cause of a house fire in Orillia Monday night. The blaze on Walker Ave. broke out around 11 p.m. and destroyed the kitchen area of the home and cause extensive smoke...

Orillia's Soldiers Memorial Hospital looking for a little feedback from the public. The Hospital is is in the process of refreshing its Strategic Plan developed in 2007 and is seeking public feedback ...

Simcoe North MP Bruce Stanton says he is eager to run again for re election once a Federal vote is called. Stanton tells Sunshine 89.1 news he was truly surprised by the announcement that two senior T...

With Spring just around the corner the Ontario Provincial Police are reminding drivers not to let down their guard when it comes to safe driving. As the weather slowly warms up, roads will be getting ...

Locally gas prices may have come down a couple cents this week, but with prices hovering around $1.20 at the pumps many are worried the increases aren't done yet. Liberal MP for Pickering and Scarboro...

We're springing forward tomorrow, Sunday March 13th, and with it's time to also change the batteries in your smoke alarms. Daylight savings time begins on Sunday March 13, 2011 and the Orillia Fire De...