New Tree For Opera House
The new tree is a Balsam Fir and Cipolla is stickhandling the fundraising of $9,000 needed to transplant the tree.
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These are mainly financial guarantees developers will do what they say they are going to do, and that no damage to City property or neighbouring property happens, and if so the money to fix issues comes from developers.
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Fixed That In Time
Because the City has already issued patio permits to some businesses in the omitted blocks, Campbell said the issue could not wait until the next council meeting July 15.
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Tragedy Commemorated
Two firefighters, Capt. Elgin H. Jones and Lt. Daniel MacLeish (a volunteer for 4 years), went below deck…
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council’s last meeting before the summer schedule starts is at noon Monday June 17 with a
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Make Your Junk Someone Else’s Treasure
Residents and organizations who would like to participate in Garage Sale Day are encouraged to advertise their information through social media and community platforms using the hashtag #OrilliaGarageSaleDay
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Of the capital projects completed in 2023, it’s interesting to note the council chamber redo cost $926K and they managed to not install enough lighting on the councillors for video purposes, or put in enough speakers in the chambers and tune the audio properly.
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This does not include capital projects for new things, so repairing the 10th worst road in Ontario (Laclie Street) falls into that sum and building a transit hub does not because it doesn’t exist yet.
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Construction Season For Next Section Of Laclie Street Residents Starts In One Week
ShareBy John Swartz With completion of Phase 1 of the Laclie Street Reconstruction project anticipated by May 17. Phase 2
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New Members Of The Order Of Orillia
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council chambers had a large audience on hand Monday afternoon as Mayor Don McIsaac recognized four
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