LONGFORD MILLS —The Ontario Educational Leadership Centre (OELC) here, off Rama Road, is celebrating its 70th anniversary Wednesday July 4. They are a local not-for-profit educational centre, which serves more than 2,000 students in Ontario each year. In honour of this anniversary they are hosting an event where 89-year-old alumnus Alex Saunders from their first […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — Drug overdoses that double the recent daily average. So, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit is warning anyone using street drugs to be extremely cautious about their supplies, as hospital emergency department visits due to suspected overdoses have risen above recent levels. In one 10-day period, they say that from June 17 […]
PORT SYDNEY — With summer campers just days away from arriving, Camp Mini-Yo-We is turning to staff to prepare them for the excited kids. They are hosting a new, premier summer leadership conference, exclusive for their summer staff made up of high school and college aged students. They say in a release this week that […]
OBITUARY: RYAN, Patricia Ann Ryan, June 13, 1939 ~ June 26, 2018 PATRICIA ANN RYAN died suddenly on Tuesday, June 26th, 2018, in her 80th year. She is survived by cousins Lois Cooper, Melissa Cooper and Alex Hogg. She was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Lawrence (Laurie or Paddy) Ryan (1965) and Pearl Ryan (nee […]
HUNTSVILLE — A St. Catharines woman who became trapped under water at popular swimming site in Arrowhead Park has died. Police said Tuesday, June 26, that the female camper succumbed to her injuries after being pulled out of the water at Stubbs Falls. Angel Lacourse, 26, had been camping at Arrowhead Provincial Park for the weekend […]
ORILLIA — There’s a new sign to watch for here on Hwy. 11. ( Thursday, the bridge at Burnside Line/West Street overpass was officially dedicated in honour of OPP Const. George Bennett, 38 years after he died while on duty. Bennett joined the Ontario Provincial Police in 1975. He was posted to the Brechin Detachment before […]
GRAVENHURST — The Muskoka Crime Unit is investigating an assault that landed a Mississauga man in hospital in a case of road rage. The 58-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries. On Tuesday June 19, between 6:30 and 8:00 a.m., there was an altercation between the operator of a grey Hummer and occupants of a second vehicle on […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com KILWORTHY — If Bruce Schulz were to walk you through the little Lutheran Cemetery, it would take you “all day.” “I know all the people. I could tell you stories about each one,” he says. The Lehmans, the Jarricks, the Sophers, the Middlebrooks’, the Sewells, the Kocks and the Cox’s … the […]
ORILLIA — Hwy. 11 commuters familiar with the West Street entrance to Orillia, will see a new OPP memorial sign dedicating the bridge to a fallen officer. A bridge dedication ceremony in memory of Const. George Bennett takes place Thursday. He died while on patrol north of Orillia, after his snowmobile hit a rock in […]
ORILLIA — If you were born in 1968 and you saved $20 per year for every year older you got — this year you’d have $1,000 in your bank account. Then what would you do with it? Well, that’s kinda the predicament a “A Group of Former Orillia Teenagers” found themselves in recently. So, what […]
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES — A vehicle involved in the death of a Sebright man on Sunday has been located. Police say they have identified and seized the vehicle involved in the incident. They say that on June 17, at about 4:15 a.m., emergency services personnel, including officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP […]
ORILLIA — Health unit officials are once again reminding dental patients of a clinic in Orillia to be tested for hepititis B and C after instruments weren’t cleaned. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) recommends patients who have received dental services at the dental clinic previously known as Joe Philip and Associates located at […]
ORILLIA — With only three weeks to go to the Mariposa Folk Festival July 6-8, it’s a perfect time to warm up for the folk event of the summer. Join ALEX the Folk Band for a Mariposa-style folk sing-a-long June 20; and June 23 at the Orillia Museum of Art and History for a free […]
SIMCOE MUSKOKA — After two hot days in Muskoka, the Simcoe-Muskoka District Health Unit is reminding everyone of a heat warning issued by Environment Canada for Sunday and Monday. It means that people should be taking care not to overdo it, the health unit says. The extreme temperatures will be restricted to the south end […]
MIDLAND — At 7:45 p.m. Friday June 15, the body of a Tay Township female kayaker was located and recovered with the assistance of the OPP Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU) from the waters of Georgian Bay off Midland Bay Woods, Tay Township. The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending the conclusion […]
WASHAGO — Two Burlington people arrested in Kingston on unrelated charges have been charged in a Washago robbery last week. On June 3, 2018, the Orillia OPP received a call of a robbery at a Washago business in The Township of Severn. They say that at 8:40 p.m. a male entered the business and approached […]
CENTRAL ONTARIO — An annual joint police roundup across Central Ontario — of people who failed to report for court or who didn’t abide by court conditions — has led to 32 people being picked up on warrants. “Operation Clean Sweep” June 4-8 saw police in an organized effort round up “charged persons who have […]
ORILLIA — A Toronto man arrested in Scarborough Saturday, faces a charge of assault with a weapon after a nearby schools were put in a lockdown Thursday. Provincial police say that on June 7, 2018, at about 12:44 p.m. the Orillia OPP were called to Matchedash Street North for reports of people fighting and someone […]
ORILLIA — Police here are investigated a robbery downtown Saturday night at what’s believed to be an apartment above a business. They say that on June 10, at about 6:30 p.m. OPP were dispatched to a Memorial Avenue business for a report a robbery had taken place. Their investigation found that two unidentified males approached […]
BRACEBRIDGE — A year after the loss of Nipissing University here last June there’s good and bad news. It’s good that an independent replacement educator has been found, but the economic impact of that well-recognized post secondary institution has been quantified. And it’s not good news if you look at it in terms of the […]