Category Archives: Local News

Hosting youth sports tournaments is having an enormous positive impact on the local Orillia Econony. A report prepared for Orillia council shows that last year the Citys Parks and Recreation Departmen...

Police say a 40-vehicle pile up has claimed one life on a snowy stretch of highway in central Ontario. Provincial police Const. Peter Leon says the person was pronounced dead at the scene on Highway 1...

Orillia OPp probing the theft of 6 long guns. from a home in Severn township. The break and enter occurred sometime between the 17th and 20th of January, at a residence in Fesserton. The investigation...

With a pretty bad flu bug circulating in the community officials at Soldiers Memorial Hospital here in Orillia are asking people not to visit patients if they have any flu like symptoms. Hospital spok...

Orillia Councillor Don Jenkins wants to see the Province upgrade the Highway 12 bypass. He says whats needed is to widen the bypass -- between Memorial Avenue and Mississaga Street West -- and the Hig...

The Orillia Opera House will undergo a complete structural analysis and assessment following a motion introduced by City Councillor Patrick Kehoe. It was found recently the Opera House actually moved ...

The Orillia Police Services Board has elected a new chair. After a long stint as Vice-Chair of the board, George Morano will take on the responsibilities of chair. Morano replaces Don MacNeil who had ...

Ontario Provincial Police officials pleased that enforcement and patrols on snowmobile Trails in the Orillia area and elsewhere are paying off with few fatalities. We are halfway through snowmobile sa...

Social media playing a huge role in how the Simcoe County District School Board is connecting with students, parents and the community. Since the Spring of last year, the board has had a presence on F...

Smokers in Orillia and area have an even bigger incentive to kick the habit other than improved health. They could win a new car or a vacation. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit once again takin...