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Editorial: Big Day Tomorrow

October 20, 2019October 20, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia

ShareBy John Swartz Chile. Lebanon. Hong Kong. Iraq. Syria. In Canada we’re having an election. The United States. It seems

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Editorial: Silly Season Is Upon Us

September 15, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia

Reading is how you figure out which party is actually thinking about the next 10 years, or the next 20 in terms of whether there is a Canada to govern.

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Opinion: A Councillor’s Question

July 14, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Ted Emond

We will pay many millions, likely tens of millions, beyond the paltry savings the ministry of health will have with the wrong decision, but that is not their concern, it doesn’t show on up on their budgets.

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How Is All This Sustainable?

May 24, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Mariposa Folk, Sustainable Orillia

Anyone who isn’t on board at this point in time will never be on board (likely to be swept away at some point by violently rising waters) and quite frankly should remove themselves from the discussion (or be ignored) about how we deal with what appears to be inevitable

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Ramara Township To Charge For Audio Recordings Of Council Proceedings

May 12, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Mike Douglas, Ramara Township

ShareEditorial by Mike Douglas At Ramara Township’s May 6 committee of the whole council meeting the agenda contained a report,

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Editorial: What To Do With The Monument

April 28, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Champlain Monument, City of Orillia

If a significant number of people take issue with anything we owe it to everyone to hear the complaint and try to understand what we are being told.

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Editorial: Ramara Council Says No To Doctors

April 18, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Mike Douglas, Orillia Doctor Recruitment, Ramara Township

Health care is a must for all communities and Ramara Township needs to pull our own weight where the burden of Physician Recruitment and Retention is concerned

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Analysis: Both Sides Blindsided?

April 12, 2019September 28, 2019 Sunonline/Orillia Building Hope, City of Orillia, Editorial/Opinion, Glenn Wagner, John Swartz, Steve Clarke, Ted Emond, Tim Lauer

This is where language written and spoken matters. Bureaucrats speak to each other in a form of English that often sounds like jibberish to the rest of us (and to councillors based on the kinds of questions council often asks administration at public meetings).