Category Archives: Local News

Orillia OPP are investigating a case of trespassing on Clinton Street. On February 22nd, police were called to a home at around 1:30 am, for a report of a suspicious person trying to gain access throu...

Two men with violent histories have gone missing from the minimum security unit at Gravenhurst’s Beaver Creek Institution. They did not show up for a head count Wednesday evening. Jay Sedore is ...

OPP charged one person following a dispute at a Midland apartment on Friday. Southern Georgian Bay OPP were called to an apartment complex on King Street at around 4 o’clock that afternoon. A wo...

Orillia OPP’s Community Street Crimes Unit has charged four people with drug-related charges following a search in the city. On Friday, February 14th, police executed an early morning search war...

Another case of arson in Orillia. OPP are investigating a fire at a Barrie Road residence this morning (Friday Feb.14) Police say the Ontario Fire Marshall determined the fire started in the hallway o...

Orillia has been granted four and a half million federal dollars to help pay for affordable housing. The money from the Housing Accelerator Fund will support the creation of 100 affordable housing uni...

Source: Georgian/Lakehead The city of Orillia is inviting student innovators from Orillia’s Lakehead-U and Georgian College to take part in the Bright Minds Corporate Innovation Challenge. Teams...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP have laid criminal charges against a Tiny Township resident following a two-vehicle crash. Police were called to a collision just after 8 pm on Thursday evening to the inters...

A Brampton man died Friday in a multi-vehicle pile up on Highway 11 in Orillia. The crash occurred during heavy snow squalls, and forced the closure of the highway for most of the day. Dozens of vehic...

OPP confirm one person is dead and at least 11 people injured after this morning’s multi-vehicle pile up on Hwy 11. OPP closed the highway this morning between Coldwater Road and line 15 in Oro-...