Category Archives: Local News

Lots of ideas on how to improve the Mariposa Folk Festival in the future. A special fourm was held Saturday at Lakehead university looking ahead and what can be done to improve an already popular even...

Simcoe County students will be donning pink shirts this week to promote their anti-bullying message. The nation-wide initiative encourages people to wear pink to symbolize that bullying should not be ...

Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop thinks he knows why more and more politicians are opting out of running again in this fall election. He says the demands of the job have increased dramatically over th...

OPP are looking for a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison in Gravenhurst. The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad is requesting the public's assistance in locating Ashley CRAWFORD He is ...

It may be the middle of winter, but officials at the Mariposa Folk Festival have summer on their minds. Planning for this years Festival continues. Folk Festival Foundation President Chris Lusty says ...

The Simcoe county District School Board looking for some feed back concerning some proposed new policies surrounding student assessment. The draft policies regard Late and Missed Assignments, Cheating...

A drug bust on West St in Orillia has two local residents facing drug charges. Various police divisions executed a search warrent Monday at the residence on West St N --- There officers seized a quant...

An electronic records system is on the wish list for the Orillia Soldiers Memorial Hospital. Elizabeth Riley President and CEO says the new system is something they hope to achieve in the next 3 to 5 ...

Nominations are now open for the 20th annual Nelle Carter Woman of the Year Award. The award, presented by the Orillia Business Women's Association, recognizes a successful business woman who is dedic...

Simcoe North Mp Bruce Stanton is hosting a passport clinic this Wed, Feb 23rd in Warminster. The clinic will be held at the Legion on Hwy 12 in Warminster from 5pm-8pm. If you're planning to attend yo...