Erika Engel

1 week ago | orilliamatters.com | Erika Engel

Local high school students have resorted to a public petition in the hopes of getting the soap dispensers refilled and boys’ bathrooms unlocked at Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI). So far, it’s worked, says the author of the petition, Connor Wyville. Though he says he doesn’t use the bathrooms at school himself, he heard his fellow students complaining about a lack of access to boys’ bathrooms at school and no soap for at least a week, but likely longer.

1 week ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

Local high school students have resorted to a public petition in the hopes of getting the soap dispensers refilled and boys’ bathrooms unlocked at Collingwood Collegiate Institute (CCI). So far, it’s worked, says the author of the petition, Connor Wyville. Though he says he doesn’t use the bathrooms at school himself, he heard his fellow students complaining about a lack of access to boys’ bathrooms at school and no soap for at least a week, but likely longer.

2 weeks ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

As the decades-long dream of a new hospital in Collingwood is now taking shape, so too are the realities of the cost. The Collingwood General and Marine Hospital Foundation has officially launched a $100 million fundraising campaign to help pay for 10 per cent of the construction costs and 100 per cent of the furniture and equipment.

2 weeks ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

CollingwoodToday reporter Jessica Owen is a finalist for a Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) award for human rights reporting, along with reporters from APTN, The Toronto Star Investigative Journalism Bureau, Noovo Info and La Presse. Owen is being recognized for her reporting about a woman who was raped and then struggled to find basic supports, including having to drive more than an hour to the only hospital in Simcoe County that offers a rape kit.

3 weeks ago | collingwoodtoday.ca | Erika Engel

Collingwood's wastewater treatment plant has caught up now and is back to treating and disinfecting water before sending it into Georgian Bay. Beginning late last night the system was getting overwhelmed and some wastewater skipped the final UV disinfection step while overflowing into the bay. This is called a partial bypass.