A 51 year old Meaford woman has been charged with impaired driving after she lodged her vehicle into a snow bank and became stuck. Last night (December 19th) around 8, Collingwood OPP responded to a single vehicle accident near Camperdown Road and Highway 26 between Thornbury and Collingwood. The woman failed a breath...

Wasaga Beach residents who need help in removing snow can now apply to the Snow Removal Financial Assistance Program. All the details are available on the town's website at wasagabeach dot com- applications are due January 24th.

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 through a Markham based company called Aosom. It is sold in a variety of colours. The Aosom Canada Qaba Toddler Kitchen Helper ...

Last week the province announced a 93 million dollar commitment for a new hospital in Collingwood. However, those funds will have to be augmented by the hospital and the community to the tune of 50 million dollars to make it reality. According to simcoe dot com, the General and Marine Hospital Foundation was tasked wit...

Having successfully delivered on 90% of targets that Wasaga Beach Council set for itself - town officials have approved the budget for next year. Mayor Brian Smith said in a release that council "will continue to be laser-focused on providing value for money, identifying clear priorities and working quickly to mov...

At long last, an announcement today that Collingwood will have a new hospital. MPP Brian Saunderson, along with Minister of Health Sylvia Jones, announced that the Ontario government is investing up to $95.5 million to build a new Collingwood General and Marine Hospital. This new funding is in addition to the over $15....

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 emptied 15 fire extinguishers and spray painted graffiti. Update: photo supplied by Southern Georgian Bay OPP

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, scales, brass knuckles, stolen property and a pick up truck. Nottawasaga OPP executed a search warrant on Knight Street,...

Nottawasaga OPP are looking to the public for help in identifying three thieves. On December 6 the three entered the LCBO in Tottenham, each filled a cart with tequila, gin, whiskey and cognac totalling about a thousand and fifty dollars. They left the store with the carts full. The thieves are described as a brown mal...

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 records. Ontario law states that parents are responsible for ensuring immunization records are up to date with the health unit - th...

There will be a significant police presence at Collingwood Collegiate Institute this evening (Friday, December 6) - but there is nothing to be worried about - the school will be the site of a police training exercise. The training will take place after school hours roughly between 5-8pm, with no disruption to students...

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 residents were arrested. Officers seized a quantity of a drugs believed to be Cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy) (magic mushrooms), 9mm ammunit...

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 projected increases of up to 6%. Canada's Food Price Report 2025, published Thursday, says food prices will continue to outpace Can...

Collingwood General and Marine Hospital is beginning construction of a new, state of the art MRI suite. Provincial funding announced in 2022 followed by a year of planning, and community support to the tune of 5 million dollars will see the suite with an expected completion date of end of next summer. Hospital official...

A disbarred and disgraced former lawyer arrested in Wasaga Beach last summer has seen his charges dismissed. According to CTV, the Crown withdrew the charges yesterday due to a lack of evidence. Doron Kolman was facing drug trafficking and weapons offences. When pulled over by OPP in the Beach last August he and anothe...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for a popular bagged salad. A Taylor Farms salad kit(opens in a new tab) is being recalled over concerns of a salmonella contamination. The salad is sold in 340-gram bags and has a best before date up to and including Dec. 6. It was sold in several provinces inclu...

Blue Mountain Resort is gearing up for what it is anticipating to be a great ski season. Manager of Public Relations Tara Lovell says nature is cooperating in producing snow ahead of the planned Dec. 12 opening date. "We are pretty confident going into the ski season that we are going to see an awesome year on the...

The Town of Collingwood says the provincial money being offered to offset the sky-high OPP increase for 2025 will make a big difference. According to a statement from Mayor Hamlin, the increase has effectively been cut in half. This means taxpayers would face an increase of 4.2% rather than nearly 7%. Council met today...

The Georgian Triangle Humane Society is looking for support from the Municipality of Meaford for help in building a new animal shelter. During Meaford's council meeting on November 25, the GTHS said that they are out of space because of overwhelming demand. Executive Director Karen Marsh shared that the shelter, which ...

Huronia West Major Crime has charged a 77 year old Clearview man with an historical sexual assault dating back to 1978/79. The accused was a teacher at Stayner Collegiate and the victim a student at the school. The former teacher is charged with adult sexual intercourse with a female between 14-16 years of age and adul...

The status of the $250 Working Canadians Rebate - introduced by the Federal government along with the GST tax holiday - isn't quite known - the NDP has threatened not to support it unless Trudeau widens the berth of who would receive it - but Trudeau says he's looking at other ways to help people who aren't eligible fo...

The accused in the disappearance and presumed murder of a Wasaga Beach woman has asked a Barrie court for bail - again. According to CTV, Mohamad Lilo - who is charged with the 2022 first-degree murder and kidnapping of his former girlfriend Elnaz Hajtamiri, was in court today (Friday) asking to be bailed out on an int...

Collingwood OPP looking to identify LCBO shoplifter caught on video November 28, 2024. 3 bottles of alcohol were stolen with an approximate value of $300. Call OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.

Today the detailed vision for a new mixed-use development on a portion of Town-owned land at Wasaga Beach's iconic beachfront was unveiled. The high quality, mixed-used development features a diverse range of residential and commercial spaces that will compliment work being completed by Sunray Group of Hotels and suppo...

The Huronia West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged an individual with impaired driving related charges after an e-bike was stopped for inspection. On November 27, 2024, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Huronia West OPP officers stopped an e-bike on Main Street, Wasaga Beach, to confirm complianc...