Skip to content
Gisele Winton Sarvis

Gisele Winton Sarvis

Gisele Winton Sarvis is an award winning journalist and photographer who has focused on telling the stories of the people of Simcoe County for more than 25 years

Email
[email protected]

Recent Work by Gisele

Advance polls in York-Simcoe open today; voter cards in the mail

Advance polls in York-Simcoe open today; voter cards in the mail

'The bottom line ... is if you are a citizen, you are 18 or over and you are a resident of Ontario, show up with a couple of pieces of ID and you can vote,' says official
Read more >
'It's kind of hard': Winter playing havoc with buses, classroom time

'It's kind of hard': Winter playing havoc with buses, classroom time

'We play games the whole day because nobody comes,' says Grade 7 student who is driven to school most snow days
Read more >
Oh deer! Beware what you feed to wildlife in winter, warns naturalist

Oh deer! Beware what you feed to wildlife in winter, warns naturalist

'It's a positive thing to help people who help deer,' says Orillia Fish and Game Conservation Club president Ted Duncan
Read more >
Snowbirds, expats left out in the cold this election, says area resident

Snowbirds, expats left out in the cold this election, says area resident

'It's a very unfair election to both voters and candidates. It makes no sense and it's such a waste of money,' says Orillia snowbird, who warns she can't make informed vote
Read more >
Orillia council votes to annex land from Oro-Medonte and Severn

Orillia council votes to annex land from Oro-Medonte and Severn

'I don't want to lose any lands,' says Severn mayor — a sentiment echoed by Oro-Medonte mayor; Orillia mayor says it's 'one of the first steps in a long process'
Read more >
This city council may allow alcohol consumption in municipal parks

This city council may allow alcohol consumption in municipal parks

'Somebody having a beer or a glass of wine with a hamburger is not a huge problem,' says Mayor Don McIsaac
Read more >
Realtor irked by 'outlandish' delays from conservation authority

Realtor irked by 'outlandish' delays from conservation authority

'There needs to be a hard review of what these authorities are doing and how they are doing it,' says local man; Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority apologizes
Read more >
Price tag of new Orillia hospital could top $1 billion, city council hears

Price tag of new Orillia hospital could top $1 billion, city council hears

'You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't see the value in having our own hospital and there's no question that a new one is required,' says councillor
Read more >
'Remarkable': County putting $15M toward Lakehead campus expansion

'Remarkable': County putting $15M toward Lakehead campus expansion

'I don't know many counties in Canada that are making that kind of commitment to education,' says university official; three-storey building planned
Read more >
Business owners 'completely devastated' after Orillia blaze

Business owners 'completely devastated' after Orillia blaze

'At this point I am still too stunned to even think about what's next,' said owner of Three Crows Speak Studio, one of five businesses destroyed by fire
Read more >
More work by Gisele >