What Rot Is This?
“if you don’t so something with them, they’re going to rot away,”
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The report from last week’s committee meeting has two notable items. Approval was given to go ahead with detail design for a new transit terminal on Colborne Street.
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More Sustainable Orillia Month
You can watch the documentary 2040 for free, as many times as you wish.
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Staff also recommend closing the streets only on Fridays because it, “anticipates that greater engagement from retail businesses may be achieved if the street closure is focused on one day of the week,” despite their potential customers asking for longer duration street closings.
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Annual Used Battery Pick-Up Next Week
ShareAnnual Used Battery Pick-Up Next Week The City of Orillia’s annual used battery pick happens November 2 through 6 on
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Orillia Power Generation Grows
ShareBy John Swartz In July a Orillia council held a special meeting with only one agenda item in closed session,
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Rec Center Gets First Workout
You have to register online, which is a pretty simple process, if you know what you’re looking for.
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ShareBy John Swartz Monday afternoon’s 4 p.m. regular council meeting begins with a couple deputations. Deputations, remember those? There has
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Opinion: Park It
In more than 25 years we have yet to see one play out exactly as first presented, and many never left the shelf they are stored on.
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The marquee item of the meeting is the long awaited Waterfront Parkland Design Study.
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