Local News
YRDSB to close schools for two-weeks after March break due to Coronavirus fears
By: Mike Anderson
The province has decided to close all publicly funded schools for a period of two-weeks after March break in response to growing...
Large events should be avoided as seventh case of COVID-19 confirmed: York Region Public...
By: Mike Anderson
With the number of positive COVID-19 cases rising to seven in York Region, Dr. Karim Kurji, York's Medical Officer of Health, says...
Provincial grant helps local shelter upgrade facilities for women and children escaping abuse
By: Mike Anderson
Sandgate Women's Shelter in Jackson's Point was the recent recipient of a $78,800 provincial grant, which allowed the shelter to complete much-needed...
Perchin for MS raises $21,000 in its final year
By: Mike Anderson
One of Georgina's local heroes is
calling it a day. After a decade of organizing Perchin for MS, one of Lake
Simcoe's premier ice...
A firm handshake used to be the measure of a person’s character, but today...
By: Mike Anderson
York Region’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Karim Kurji wants us to stop greeting people by shaking their hands. Instead, he says...
Newmarket woman with coronavirus did not travel to Georgina
By: Mike Anderson
A 70-year-old Newmarket woman, who tested positive for COVID-19 at Southlake Regional Health Centre on February 29, did not travel to Georgina,...
Images of home, two perspectives: Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery
By: Ewa Chwojko
Home is the comfiest place to be said Winnie the Pooh. Jennifer Zsolt, a Georgina artist, agrees. Her paintings of charming Georgina...
No swan song for thriving Trumpeters
By: Tina Novotny
The Trumpet of the Swan
is a beloved children’s book by E.B. White, but there’s another great story
taking place at the north end...
Keswick woman wins over $50,000 playing Hospice Georgina’s Catch the Ace
By: Mike Anderson
Meghan Savoie never considered herself lucky, until she picked envelope number 31.
That envelope contained the Ace of Spades, and Ms. Savoie, 27,...
Developer caught marketing waterfront hotel without necessary town approvals
By: Mike Anderson
The Unexus Group, formerly known as the Lalu Group, has been marketing a hotel project it hopes to build on lands it...
