ANALYSIS: Sunday Roundup COVID-19 Information
The City of Orillia has declared an emergency. This puts the emergency response team in charge. The emergency response management committee members are:
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City of Orillia
Mayor Addresses Community
ShareOrillia Mayor Steve Clarke and chair of the City’s emergency response team, fire chief Brent Thomas, statement regarding the declaration
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ANALYSIS: Wednesday Roundup of COVID – 19 Information
The warning by French Health Minister Veran followed a recent study in The Lancet medical journal that hypothesised that an enzyme boosted by anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen could facilitate and worsen COVID-19 infections.
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EDITORIAL: Welcome To The Pandemic
I’ve had two reports in the last 24 hours of people at grocery stores encountering other shoppers hacking away like they’re not in a crowded place with a virus running rampant. For Pete’s sake.
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Council Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council begins its meeting schedule Monday with a closed session at 4:45 p.m. There is only
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Council Preview
Needless to say, this issue has a bearing on the City’s redevelopment plan for 70 Front Street North.
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Analysis: Soldiers’ Economic Impact
Of course, the final decision will be made in a board room in Toronto, which may take into account what the community and the hospital board wants, but if the location of the OPP detachment…
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
It’s risky creating. It’s hard to stand alone on a stage (or in the song, the book, the picture) and be on public display, we’re too self-conscious. We open ourselves to the critical eye and we fear that.
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Right Place, Right Time
ShareRight Place, Right Time By John Swartz “It was all a matter of seconds,” Ray Fischer said of his adventure
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Council Preview
ShareBy John Swartz Orillia council’s meeting schedule Monday begins at 4:15 p.m. with planning meeting for a draft plan of
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