Category Archives: Local News

Police have released the name of a Midland man who drowned in Georgian Bay when his snow machine plunged into open water. The incident occurred Saturday near Beausoleil Island. Another snowmobiler fou...

A week yesterday marks the end of the grace period for 10 digit dialing in Orillia and surrounding area. Adding the 705 area code before local numbers becomes mandatory next Saturday and local calls w...

A Simcoe County farm couple are this years winners of The Ontario Cattlemens Association Environmental Stewardship award. John and Rosemary Dunsmore of Shanty Bay operate a small cow-calf operation in...

Firefighters from across Ontario are invading Orillia this weekend for the Southern Ontario Firefighters Association Ontario Curling Championships. The Barnfield Point Recreation Complex is hosting 20...

Orillia City council will be looking at a proposal to redesign and restructure the cities Economic Development committee and Economic Development Office on Monday. The recommendation going before Coun...

It seems that frost heave is to blame for structural movement at the Historic Orillia Opera House. Soil Engineers Ltd has concluded their study, and ruled out previous thinking that construction at th...

Speculation continues this weekend following the discovery of a body Thursday on HWY 11. Police have confirmed that in the days before the discovery officers, firefighters and paramedics had searched ...

A routine traffic stop has resulted in some trafficking charges being laid against two Orillia men. The Orillia OPP Street Crime Unit stopped a vehicle Friday for what they thought would be a routine ...

There are six SIU investigators north of Owen Sound today (TUES) looking into a Police shootout that left one man dead. It all started after a suspect at Grew Boats Manufacturing on Highway 6 and 10 s...

A convicted murderer who failed to return after an unescorted pass from a correction centre in Gravenhurst,., is back in custody. Ashley Crawford failed to return Friday to the minimum-security Beaver...