This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
ShareBy John Swartz First a brief note about missing a column last week. As I was sitting down to write
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City of Orillia
Council Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has its first meeting of 2026 Monday, January 12 at 2 p.m. There are no
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Next Stop Emergency?
ShareThe City of Orillia has declared a Significant Weather Event to alert the community that the recent accumulation of snow
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
This was the largest version of the OVE that I recall. They, and the next group in question, could use some more male voices.
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Council Preview – 2026 Service Partners Budget
When combined with the education tax, which will remained unchanged from last year and the fact it makes up almost 10% of your tax bills, the net effective property tax increase for 2026 will be a 1.31% increase.
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Council Preview
The mayor has a motion asking council to restore free parking downtown during the Christmas season.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
ShareBy John Swartz St. Paul’s Centre is the venue for the annual Christmas Prelude concert Saturday December 6 at 7:30
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Transportation Master Plan Open House
People know their neighbourhoods better than consultants and this is an opportunity to make known what works and what doesn’t, what gets too much attention and what no one seems to care about.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
ShareBy John Swartz The Orillia Museum of Art and History made out like bandits on Wednesday. They scooped up 50
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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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