The Funny Side Of Conflict
I know a disgusting joke about King Billy on a white horse and would tell it here but John, my esteemed editor, would only chop it so why bother?
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Annual Battery Collection Next Week
ShareBy John Swartz Every year the City of Orillia has a special collection of used batteries. Putting batteries in regular
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Time to Prepare For Santa Claus Parade
The ODCC’s Yuletide Committee is now calling on businesses and community organizations to register floats to make the parade bigger and brighter than ever.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
The mayor, the old one, or current one, will be there to cut the, if you thought I was going to say ribbon, you are right.
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Last Words – From Council, And On Council
ShareAnalysis By John Swartz Monday afternoon the current Orillia council concluded its business for the last time. Immediately following the
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Council Preview
The consent agenda includes 13 grants committee requests. This is nothing extraordinary, council previously adopted a time table for those who annually ask for grants rather than having them dribble in all year long.
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September 28, A Day That Will Live In Infamy
Now I’m not saying that something bad is going to happen but if I were you I would stick close to home…
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
OMAH just got a grant for a pile of money from the province’s Community Building Fund (Ontario Trillium Foundation). The $96,900 will be used for staff and upgrading the museum’s online collections management system and programming.
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The Scene Election Night
So, because the pool of voters grew, fewer of us voted, but more of us voted early.
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Don McIsaac Wins
ShareBy John Swartz Don McIsaac won Mondays’ municipal election and will become Orillia’s next mayor. He did so with an
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