Local News
Keswick Staples donates funds to buy school supplies for kids in need
By: Mike Anderson
As the pandemic makes fundraising challenging for many local service groups, some are turning to corporate partnerships to help them assist those...
Local restaurants struggle after reverting to Stage 2
By: Steeve Chwojko
After reverting to Stage 2, the Lake Simcoe Arms in Jackson’s Point is struggling, but the restaurant's management is determined to continue.
“Once...
Community initiative creates info cards listing local support services
By: Michelle Poirier
A Closer Look, a community development initiative, has created information cards for Georgina residents which list the contact information for different service...
Police release photo of suspect wanted in Pefferlaw bank robbery
By: Mike Anderson
York Regional Police have released a photograph of the suspect wanted in connection with a brazen bank robbery that occurred on Friday,...
Province green lights COVID-19 testing for Georgina
By: Mike Anderson
The Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (GNPLC) has provincial approval to proceed with a second-round of drive-thru COVID-19 testing.
Like the first drive-thru testing...
Covid Halloween: To trick or treat, or not?
By: Michelle Poirier
With Halloween fast approaching and York Region being pushed back to a modified Stage 2, parents have conflicting views on whether they...
‘We’re devastated’: Local gym owners cry foul over Stage 2 closure
By: Mike Anderson
Small-gym owners in Georgina are upset they are being forced to close as York Region returns to a modified Stage 2 lockdown...
Ontario reports 721 new cases of COVID-19, most of them among those under 60
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 721 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths related to the novel coronavirus.
The province says another 783 cases...
Nurse Practitioner COVID-19 testing site on hold pending provincial approvals
By: Mike Anderson
The Georgina Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (GNPLC) is set to launch another drive-thru testing site in Georgina.
But, according to clinical director Beth Cowper-Fung,...
York Regional Police open new marine unit headquarters in Jackson’s Point
By: Mike Anderson
York Regional Police (YRP) officially opened its new marine unit headquarters in Jackson's Point Harbour on October 5.
The 8,600 sq. ft. facility,...
