Tragedy Commemorated
Two firefighters, Capt. Elgin H. Jones and Lt. Daniel MacLeish (a volunteer for 4 years), went below deck…
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council’s last meeting before the summer schedule starts is at noon Monday June 17 with a
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North Simcoe Victim Services Gets Trillium Grant
“It will save 2.5% of administration fees per donation. It will also be used to create an annual fundraising plan.”
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Make Your Junk Someone Else’s Treasure
Residents and organizations who would like to participate in Garage Sale Day are encouraged to advertise their information through social media and community platforms using the hashtag #OrilliaGarageSaleDay
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Lakehead Convocation Honours Steve Clarke
Convocation will take place at Rotary Place beginning at 10 a.m. The proceedings can be watched online
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Of the capital projects completed in 2023, it’s interesting to note the council chamber redo cost $926K and they managed to not install enough lighting on the councillors for video purposes, or put in enough speakers in the chambers and tune the audio properly.
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This does not include capital projects for new things, so repairing the 10th worst road in Ontario (Laclie Street) falls into that sum and building a transit hub does not because it doesn’t exist yet.
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Construction Season For Next Section Of Laclie Street Residents Starts In One Week
ShareBy John Swartz With completion of Phase 1 of the Laclie Street Reconstruction project anticipated by May 17. Phase 2
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New Members Of The Order Of Orillia
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council chambers had a large audience on hand Monday afternoon as Mayor Don McIsaac recognized four
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Of note, Mississaga and Peter Streets will be closed Saturdays from 5 to 11 p.m. all summer.
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