Editorial: That’s Not How It Works
If council wants to dry up urge for people to make donations for municipal projects then council can allow this grab of reserve funds the City does not own to happen.
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Council Preview / 2026 Operating Budget
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has a special meeting regarding the 2026 budget Friday, November 28 at 3 p.m. Councillors
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Lightfoot Auction Today
The auction is happening at the Wilkens Gallery in Toronto and online (Wilkens, Live Auctioneers, and Invaluable)
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Huge Crowds For Weekend Christmas Start
The crowd in the downtown looked to be bigger than two years ago when crowds were the largest witnessed (it rained last year).
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Long-Lost Pages From The Book Of Jonah: A Whale Of A tale
Yet he complaineth not for he knew he wast on thin ice or wouldst hadst he known what ice wast.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
The big announcement the youth center’s director, Kevin Gangloff, had last week (the day after the column ran) is that Serena Ryder and Lydia Persaud have a concert at Creative Nomad Studios December 21.
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Council Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia Council has had a full day Monday, November 17 with two budget meetings in the morning
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Council Preview 2026 Service Agencies Budget
This suggests Mayor Don McIsaac will veto some or all of the amendments despite ratification by council at this meeting.
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Video: 2025 Remembrance Day
Fred Addis recited a poem, Wreaths for the Merchant Navy ,he authored honouring veterans of the merchant marine.
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Grandma Will Fix It
But enough of my journey into heathenism and on to Johnny Standley’s Grandma’s Lye Soap.
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