Category Archives: Local News

A popular toddler step stool sold through Amazon, Home Depot, Walmart, Loblaws and Wayfair is being recalled. Over 6500 of the step stools were sold in Canada – they are Chinese made and sold th...

The City of Orillia announced today that free teen passes for transit will continue, as well as discounted senior’s rates, and four free transit days in the coming year. Effective January 1st, O...

Southern Georgian Bay OPP are looking to the public for help in identifying two youths who broke into the Mountainview Mall in Midland last month caused about 10-thousand dollars in damage. They empti...

An investigation into drug trafficking in Alliston that began in the fall as yielded the arrest of 3 people and the seizure of illicit drugs, firearms, knives, swords, axes and cleavers, cell phones, ...

Property taxes in Orillia are going rise two and a half percent next year. City council approved the budget for 2025 at a special meeting yesterday (Monday Dec 9) For residents, the 2.5 per cent levy ...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has announced a new, free app to organize your children’s immunizations. It’s called the CANImmunize mobile app and allows you to update vaccination...

Orillia OPP charged three drivers in one night for three separate impaired driving investigations. On December 6th just before 6:30pm, police were called to a vehicle in the ditch on Memorial Avenue. ...

Police from Southern Georgian Bay OPP, Huronia West and Collingwood OPP executed two search warrants in tandem – one in Mildand – the other in Springwater around 11am Thursday. Three area ...

A-I modelling for 2025 says we will be paying even more for food. A report released today says in total food costs will go up between 3 and 5 percent – but meat will be more than that with proje...

Simcoe County is implementing another Supportive Rapid Re-Housing program in Barrie – the program provides services, housing and support to seniors who have fallen on difficult times such as a r...