Council Preview / 2026 Operating Budget
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has a budget meeting Wednesday, November 12 at 9 a.m. to discuss amendments to the
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Gord Made The Ship Famous, John Tells The Stories Of The People
“I have a chapter in there, The Storm of The Century 1913, it wasn’t. This was truly the storm of the century,” Bacon said.
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Jesus Christ Superstar Is Outstanding
The play runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and there is a Sunday Matinee.
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Flood: The Rest Of The Story
“You want me to work on a boat? You mean like get a job on a cruise ship or something?”
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Do You Have What It Takes?
Joining the seminar is free and you can register for participation here.
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Updating The Official Plan
You will have an opportunity to ask questions of the project team. Any input will become part of the Official Plan final draft.
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Orillia Hall Of Fame Grows By Three
The trio joins previous inductees Gordon Lightfoot, Stephen Leacock, Rick Ley, Pete McGarvey, James K. Bartleman, Franklin Carmichael, Glenn Gould, Charles H. Hale, Walter Henry and Elizabeth Wyn Wood among others.
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Battery Collection This Week
It’s also the time of year to check your smoke and CO alarms which you should be doing each time we go from standard to daylight time, so leave room in the bag for one more battery.
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Council Preview
For a City so invested in traffic safety they installed speed cameras, taking out sidewalks seems counterproductive.
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Things I Never Said Before
I got a big charge out of Bob Carroll, my dentist back in the 70s, he’d stick a lead blanket over my crotch before he took an x-ray of my teeth. Why didn’t dentists do that during my childbearing years?
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