Midland News

'We'll never get over it': Former Roberta Place nurse pens book about deadly COVID outbreak

'I would come home after each shift and pretty much cry. Then I would pull out my laptop and start typing everything I saw that shift,' says Christie Beattie

Jan 11, 2022 7:11 PM Read more >

Local boards confirm N95 masks arrived, unions argue that's not enough

Reporting on school cases and contact tracing has ceased and will not resume with in-class learning next week

Jan 11, 2022 5:58 PM Read more >

Snow removal happening overnight on some Penetanguishene roads

Snow removal will start Jan. 11 at 11:30 p.m. and continue through until 7 a.m. on Jan. 12

Jan 11, 2022 5:37 PM Read more >

Area mayor wants to revoke former CAO's Order of Collingwood

Ed Houghton served as CEO of Collus Powerstream, as director of public works and CAO of the Town of Collingwood at different points during the events investigated by the Collingwood Judicial Inquiry

Jan 11, 2022 4:23 PM Read more >

Penetanguishene police board wants action on repeat offenders

‘From a cost perspective, everybody’s paying but the guy who’s doing the crime,’ says Penetanguishene police services board chair

Jan 11, 2022 2:43 PM Read more >

Testing captures 364 new COVID cases in region, 14 in North Simcoe

Six new cases in Midland, five in Tay, two in Tiny and one in Penetanguishene included in latest Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit update

Jan 11, 2022 2:40 PM Read more >

Man arrested after chaining himself to door at Orillia's RBC

'While waiting for the police, I chained myself to the front door to make a point and resist arrest,' says protester who is upset with RBC's investment in fossil fuels

Jan 11, 2022 1:26 PM Read more >