First Baby Of The Year
Baby Emy’s arrival came more than 24 hours into the new year, just two minutes ahead of the hospital’s second baby of 2025.
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Council Preview
In short, what made our downtown different is about to become history and Orillia’s downtown will, in time, look just like any other City’s.
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Council Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia Council meets early Monday November 18 at 12:30 p.m. because they have a Public Meeting on
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2025 Budget Preview Days Three and Four
Terry Fox Circle repaving, $515K (from reserves). This will repave the circle and expand the roadway nearest the water to allow barriers between traffic and the trail.
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Orillia Remembrance Day Ceremony
Enjoy video of the ceremony.
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Orillia Public Library Remembrance Day Exhibit Ends
We don’t specifically (teach) because the kids are pretty young. They don’t know the difference between (World War) one and two, they don’t even know who Canada fought.”
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2025 Orillia Budget Preview Day Two
Most notable about the Sustainable Orillia presentation is they are represented by a new president, Sarah Patterson and a new vice-president, Danny Epstein.
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2025 Orillia Budget Preview Day One
Staff expect the take to go up by $675K and say new revenue from tickets resulting from speed cameras will make up $500K of that.
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Council Preview
Since the system was changed, the aver age of councillors has gone down considerably, and well below age 65.
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Council Budget Preview
Staff say capital spending is going down considerably from previous years to $43.9 million for 109 projects.
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