Category Archives: Local News

Orillia OPP have identified the man found dead in the snow near Couchiching Beach Park Wednesday as 51 year old Clarence Schamehorn of Orillia. A post-mortem was conducted in Toronto Thursday and poli...

The freezing and bitter winds of Saturday gave way to moderate and mild temperatures on Sunday to province visitors to Orillia's Winter Carnival a extreme contrast in winter weather. However the cold ...

Lots of people took the plunge at the Orillia Winter Carnival annual Polar Bear Dip. The annual fundraiser for chairity went off without a hitch at Couchiching Beach Park Sunday Afternoon with more th...

With gas prices rising and grocery bills increasing it doesn't exactly feel like the inflation rate is as low as it is. Scotia Bank Chief Economist Dr Warren Jestin explains this is because it's actua...

Orillia waste management officials are looking for a little trash talk from the public. The city is holding two public fourms early next month to talk about waste management and about developing a fiv...

Barley and Wheat farmers in Western Canada may soon have more control over the marketing of their crops thanks to our local MP. MP for Simcoe North Bruce Stanton tabled a Private Members Bill Thursday...

As the verbal sparing continues beteen Premier Dalton McQuinty and Conservative leader Tim Hudak, Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop is keeping well away from the firing lines. Dunlop says he is not muc...

A big economic development conference took place at Lakehead University here in Orillia on Friday. The conference examined the universities role in community economic development. University President...

Orillia OPP continue to probe the death of a man in the city. It was Wednesday morning police received a report of a deceased male found in the snow near Couchiching Park. Police have been able to det...

Students and faculty at Orillia's Lakehead University welcomed local and national speakers into their school on Friday to learn more about our ever changing economic world and they fit into it. Among ...