2026 Student Art Contest
For the first time, winning entries will be professionally displayed in a special Fall/Winter 2026 exhibition at the Orillia Museum of Art and History.
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City of Orillia
This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
This is the third fundraiser the Orillia Skateparkers have had and they have raised $40K so far.
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Council Preview
The 2026 budget is just shy of $2 million and already there has been 400 cm of snowfall, and staff say an additional $385K is needed …
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
ShareBy John Swartz The spring concert season has arrived with three this weekend and more later in the month. Arts
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Council Preview
One of the reasons roads have ruts this winter is because the grader the City currently has is out for repairs.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
ShareBy John Swartz Saturday evening February 21, the Mariposa Folk Festival has their annual Gospel and Blues concert at the
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For Those Thinking Of Running
ShareThe Association of Municipalities of Ontario has three online seminars in advance of the 2026 municipal elections for those considering
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Richard “Dick” Johnston, December 29, 1941 – February 5, 2026
Suds was selfless. You almost have to be to be a music teacher. There are too many students stuck on a passage that need help, or can’t get over a hurdle developing a playing technique – always after office hours.
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Council Preview
It’s tough for any municipality to take action to solve a poverty condition in a country as wealthy as Canada when the higher levels of government do little (the province), or spend money on needed access to basic services but will not do anything to address corporate greed where the problem starts (feds).
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Don’t Look Now, But Things Could Get A Little Murky
…here the conflict is seeing danger and reacting to those in the rest of their world who carry on like it’s just another Tuesday.
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