ORILLIA — The death of an aggregate worker here pulled into a machine while cleaning it last winter, has led to a $170,000 fine for the owner of the employer he worked for. Following a guilty plea, Justice of the Peace Neil Burgess on Monday fined Walker Aggregates Inc., of Niagara Falls, in Orillia court. […]
MIDLAND — Policing here has a new face, new presence, new officers — and finally a newer detachment. On Monday, March 12, following the recent transition from town to provincial poling, at 8 a.m. the satellite office to the Southern Georgian Bay detachment of the OPP, located at 250 Second Street in the Town of […]
ORILLIA — Behind the wheel this week. Well, get a grip on yourself and your steering wheel this March break. Big brother will be watching. Text that. From Friday’s start to a week Sunday (March 18 for those taking a math hiatus), the OPP will be highly focused on what has been “the deadliest kind […]
ORILLIA — Two Orillia men in their mid-20s face a number of drug-related charges after being caught with fentanyl, crack and heroin in a traffic stop. Provincial police here say they made drug arrests February 28, 2018, at about 9:50 p.m. in a routine traffic stop on Front Street South. Driver driver Steven McGinn, 26, […]
ORO-MEDONTE TOWNSHIP — The remains of 72-year-old woman reported missing in Barrie just over a year ago have been identifed. On Tuesday February 27, 2018, shortly before 8 a.m., officers from the Barrie OPP detachment were called to the Heritage Hills Golf Club at 367 Line 1 South in Oro-Medonte Township. The club is just north […]
GRAVENHURST — A driver taken to hospital after hitting a guard rail, blocking northbound traffic on Hwy. 11, has been charged with impaired driving. Provincial police say that on Friday March 2, 2018, at 1:35 a.m. OPP from their Bracebridge office were dispatched to a single vehicle collision on Highway 11, just south of Gravenhurst. […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A St. Catharines man has been charged after driving a stolen vehicle. On Friday March 2, 2018, just before midnight, provincial police say that while doing routine patrols in the town of Bracebridge, an OPP officer from the Bracebridge detachment noticed a truck pulling out from a local vehicle dealership located in a […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Police say they seized more than $3,000 worth of illegal drugs from an unidentified man in a traffic stop. They say in a release that on Monday March 5, that just before 12:30 p.m. OPP officers from the Bracebridge detachment responded to a complaint from a concerned member of the public about the […]
ORILLIA — Police are looking for a thief who walked out with a cart of goods. Provincial police here are investigating a theft that occurred at a business on Murphy Road in the City of Orillia. On March 2, the male in the photo attached, entered the Murphy Road business and left with a cart […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A convenience store employee wrestled a large knife from a would-be robber early this morning. Provincial police arrested a man just after after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6. They were called to a local convenience store on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge after a man entered the store, presented a weapon and demanded cash. […]
TINY TOWNSHIP — A school bus driver caught this week with open liquor in his vehicle and who blew a blood alcohol warning has been charged and fined. Provincial police were alerted “by numerous community members” of an area school bus driver they said may be consuming alcoholic beverages while operating the school bus. Officers […]
PARRY SOUND — The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry laid 19 charges and issued 29 warnings during a recent fisheries enforcement blitz in the district of Parry Sound. From February 22-25, conservation officers and the ministry’s canine unit focused on the restrictions in place to protect brook and lake trout populations. The canine unit […]
BARRIE — Mental health through the lens of student film makers. That’s the fifth annual Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) Film Festival contest, with a theme that hits close to home for today’s youth. All the films submitted by students are available for viewing on RVH’s YouTube channel (RVHBarrieON) or at http://bit.ly/RVHFFSchools. All films […]
BARRIE — The Simcoe Muskoka Regional Child and Youth Mental Health Program got a little financial boost from a paramedic. But it was the high-profile exposure for the program that has to recognized. Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) received a $6,615 donation from local paramedic, author and mental health advocate Natalie Harris. “We are […]
HUNTSVILLE — A new fire sleigh and ATV are proving valuable new tools for firefighters here. The Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department responded to several call to assist Muskoka Paramedic Services in accessing patients on the ice and on the trails Feb. 10-11. Fire crews from Baysville responded to two calls requiring their ATV and […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA – As firefighters in Muskoka take training on how to use the Naloxone drug-overdose kits in emergencies, the hospital at Bracebridge is reporting a higher than normal number of ER visits in February. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit warns anyone using street drugs to be extremely cautious about their supplies, as hospital […]
MUSKOKA — Doug Ford, who is drawing some big crowds down south on his PC leadership campaign, made three stops in Muskoka Tuesday. He started in Bala at the Lakeland Restaurant in the morning, not far from where his later brother Rob was at a local rehab resort while mayor of Toronto. He was greeted […]
ORO-MEDONTE TOWNSHIP — Hunters who found human remains here have led to an OPP probe at the Heritage Hills Golf Club Tuesday. Provincial police say an investigation is currently underway following the discovery in the area of 367 Line 1 South, Oro-MedonteTownship, Shanty Bay, February 27. They say that shortly before 8 a.m., officers from […]
BRACEBRIDGE — Three Bracebridge residents were caught with $10,000 worth of drugs and $10,000 worth of cash in police raid Friday. Provinicial police say that on February 23, 2018, the Muskoka Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and OPP from Bracebridge executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act warrant at a Manitoba Street address. Three people […]
RYERSON TWP. — The CBC is reporting that an elderly woman, her daughter and grandson are among four people dead in what’s being investigated as a triple homicide and suicide northwest of Huntsville. According to neighbours, they say the victims are Raija Turunen, Ulla Theoret and Paul Theoret. Provincial police said over the weekend they […]