Why Do We Have Orange Shirt Day?
… it is not really a holiday like most of the others when kicking back and celebrating is the order of the day, but more like Remembrance Day…
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City of Orillia
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ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council has three meetings scheduled for Monday afternoon. First is the usual closed session which happens
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
He’s doing his Oscar Peterson show at the Opera House October 17 as part of the Orillia Jazz Festival
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In August council rejected a staff recommendation to change the voting system over to voting by internet and telephone for elections next year.
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They also say decisions to create a new class have long-term effects which need to be investigated and modeled in order for the municipality to not shoot itself in the foot by overlooking all potential outcomes.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
I haven’t always agreed with the choices at the time of announcement, been surprised by some of them, but in the end, on reflection and by virtue of many of the pieces still being around to view, the choices were the right ones
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Help Develop Orillia Climate Change Plan
ShareBy John Swartz The City of Orillia is developing a Climate Change Action Plan and you can provide input by
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
The whole thing is awkward – except for being able to see someone you may not have seen since last summer’s pedestrian mall.
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Staff is recommending switching entirely to electronic voting and doing away with in person paper ballots.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
This is not the first time Gord has had a body part in a cast. The first time was in high school.
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