OPP are investigating a head on collision in Bracebridge. It happened just before noon today on hwy 117 east of Bonnie Lake Road. According to OPP an empty transport logging truck collided head-on with a cement truck. The driver of the cement truck was airlifted to a Toronto hospital listed in serious condition. The driver of the transport was taken to South Muskoka Memorial Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  OPP remain on scene investigating. Witnesses are asked to give Bracebridge OPP a call.

The price of gasoline dropped again overnight.  It's fallen below the 80 cent mark at 79.3 cents a litre for regular.  Analysts say this drop is more a reflection of falling demand for gas as opposed to the continuing drop in crude oil prices.

Hydro One says the vast majority of it's customers are back on line today.  They say over 150 thousand were without service at one time or another since the weekend, most of them back on line Wednesday though there are still some sporadic outages in remote areas, but those numbers are in the hundreds as opposed to the thousands.

Southern Georgian Bay OPP say they responded to an incident in Port McNicoll Friday night near Talbot Street and Fourth Avenue. They discovered an injured woman and she was transported to Huronia District Hospital in Midland.  On Tuesday they said the woman had been accidentally shot and that she'd been transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto where she's listed in stable condition.  They want to reassure area residents that there is no threat to public safety.

Environment Canada lifted the snowquall warning for Collingwood, Midland, Barrie and Orillia at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday November 18th.

Hydro One says they've restored power to over 130 thousand customers but as of Tuesday morning there are still thousands in our region without service.   Some have been in the dark since Saturday.  Crews hope to have power restored to everyone later today though they caution some in remote areas may hot have power restored until later in the week.  The biggest problem for crews has been trees laden with heavy snow, they continue to collapse onto power lines setting back restoration attempts.

The snow squall warning from Environment Canada remains in effect as of 5:00 a.m. Monday morning for most of our broadcast region, including Collingwood, Midland, Orillia, Barrie and parts in between.  Some areas could be hit with another 15 to 25 centimetres worth of before the winds shift and the lake effect comes to an end.

The Ontario Federation of Snowmobilers has a warning for snowmobilers. Avoid riding a snowmobile at this time. NO OFSC trails are open, nothing is frozen and conditions are totally unsafe

The snow squall warning from Environment Canada remains in effect as of 5:00 a.m. Monday morning for most of our broadcast region, including Collingwood, Midland, Orillia, Barrie and parts in between.  Some areas could be hit with another 15 to 25 centimetres worth of before the winds shift and the lake effect comes to an end.

Hydro One says more than 36,000 customers are without power Monday morning.  Some in the Horseshoe Valley area have been without service since Saturday,  people in Midhurst say they've been without power since Sunday afternoon.   Crews are playing catch up as they'll repair one line, only to see another go down not very far away thanks to the heavy wet snow.

Arrest warrants issued for 3 Toronto men in connection to a bizarre murderin Essa Township.  November 8^th police got a 911 call about a brush fire.  They found human remains on fire instead.  An Autopsy says 47 year old Ali Garakan of Thornhill died of stab wounds and then was set on fire.  All 3 suspects are in the early 20’s. 

A Georgian College student is spending the weekend in jail.  He was arrested Wednesday after school officials spotted threatening statements on the popular website Facebook.  Polices say the 27-year-old Hotel Administration student had written 'Barrie would Burn' and there were a number of pictures of him holding guns.  Police arrested him as he arrived apparently drunk for his night class.   In a search of his Brampton residence police found a semi automatic pistol, a shotgun, and a rifle.  A bail hearing was put over until Monday.

A high water Safety Bulletin is in effect for our region.  The Nottawasaga Conservation Authority is expecting about 30 mm of rain.  This could cause severe flooding of lakes streams and rivers.  Parents please remember to talk to the kids about the dangers of open water.

Georgian College officials wisely called police on Wednesday after they found a threatening message on a web site posted by one of their students.  The message included photos of the 27 year old man holding a prohibited weapon.  Police tracked him down as he arrived for school in the afternoon, he turned out to be quite drunk, blew twice the legal limit.  They didn't find any weapons in his Barrie residence when he was arrested, but on Thursday investigators turned up a semi-automatic pistol, shotgun and a rifle at a relative's home in Brampton.  He remains in custody and faces several charges.  

Over 18 hundred people gather at St. Mary's Church in Barrie this  morning, all to celebrate the life of 15 year old Brandon Crisp. People had to wind through a maze of national media satellite trucks clogging nearby streets just to get to the funeral service, packing both the main church and the hall.  The media attention was a testament to just how far Brandon's tragic story carried beyond Barrie's borders.  Father Frank McDevitt gave an impassioned sermon, saying Brandon's disappearance galvanized not just Barrie but so many other communities.  He spoke of what a joy he was to his family and how poor they would be in body and soul had he not shared those 15 years with them.   He also said to be wary of those who ask how Brandon died, but seek out those that ask how he lived.