2024 Coldest Night Of The Year
ShareWith a fundraising goal of $200,000.00, The Lighthouse is reaching out to the Orillia community and its neighbours to join
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Orillia Hosts Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor And The Ontario 55+ Winter Games This Week
ShareBy John Swartz Tuesday, February 6, and Wednesday, February 7, will be a busy days in downtown Orillia. Mayor Don
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Grammar, Spelling, And Other Trivial Things
If Donald Trump had one like that Stormy Daniels would have paid him $130,000.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
Classic Lightfoot Live is playing at the Opera House and the Thompson Egbo-Egbo Trio at St. Paul’s.
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Opinion: Trouble Brewing At Soldiers’
On the question of where to build, many of the board are leaning toward a detrimental-to-the-City-as-a-whole location and is the reason for ditching the membership component. It clears the way to depart the City.
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Council Preview
One report many residents will be not happy to learn about is a staff report about fireworks in residential neighbourhoods.
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Everyone’s Trying To Be Yogi Berra
peaking about the Bible and colons, the Toronto Star published a few pages of quotes by famous people who died in 2023. One of them was a statement by the well-known evangelical fruitcake and one-time Republican presidential hopeful, Pat Robertson,
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
The other big topic was what is ODAC? That’s not an easy question even members and board members can answer succinctly. So the order of the day was develop a clear statement of what ODAC is.
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The Music Man
I also learned not to underestimate the ability of the folks at St. Paul’s to put together a musical which can stand alongside some of the other stuff we get to enjoy in Orillia.
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My #&$@%! Computer
I should have known that any ideas I get in bed will not work. They never have now that I think about it.
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