Fire Chief Heads Emergency Response Team
ShareBy John Swartz Brent Thomas hasn’t been chief of the Orillia Fire Department for a year and he’s being put
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Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
ANALYSIS: Sunday Roundup COVID-19 Information
The City of Orillia has declared an emergency. This puts the emergency response team in charge. The emergency response management committee members are:
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ANALYSIS: Wednesday Roundup of COVID – 19 Information
The warning by French Health Minister Veran followed a recent study in The Lancet medical journal that hypothesised that an enzyme boosted by anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen could facilitate and worsen COVID-19 infections.
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EDITORIAL: Welcome To The Pandemic
I’ve had two reports in the last 24 hours of people at grocery stores encountering other shoppers hacking away like they’re not in a crowded place with a virus running rampant. For Pete’s sake.
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Officials On Top Of Things Locally
ShareBy John Swartz We have a pandemic in play. The word is not synonymous with panic and in the words
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Money In, Money Out
The SMDHU does have some important functions, but apparently too many employees with little to do.
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