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Saturday At The 2024 Mariposa Folk Festival

July 7, 2024July 7, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Mariposa Folk

They don’t so much as play energetic Rock, they attack their mission with zeal. What a fun band.

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Friday At The 2024 Mariposa Folk Festival

July 6, 2024July 9, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, DOMB, Mariposa Folk

Once again festival organizers chose and assembled a lineup order that works. As someone mentioned, ‘I don’t know half these acts,’ but it doesn’t matter if it turns out you like what they’re serving.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment

July 5, 2024July 5, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Gordon Lightfoot, Mariposa Folk, Opera House

I’m not losing sleep over this. There are too many other things going on I can give attention to, but this policy is rubbish.

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Electric Vehicle and E-Boat Show At The Port Of Orillia

July 4, 2024July 4, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Port of Orillia, Sustainable Orillia

Adding to the excitement, the Sustainable Orillia Electric Vehicle Show will coincide with the chamber’s Mardi Gras event at the Port of Orillia.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Bleeker, Canada Day, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Creative Nomad Studios, Gordon Lightfoot, Hibernation, Mariposa Folk, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia District Chamber of Commerce, Orillia Regional Arts and Heritage Awards, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia, The Big Event

ShareBy John Swartz It’s Canada Day on Monday. Despite the doom and gloom our national media keeps conjuring, and what

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Fixed That In Time

June 29, 2024June 29, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Downtown Orillia

Because the City has already issued patio permits to some businesses in the omitted blocks, Campbell said the issue could not wait until the next council meeting July 15.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment, Part 2

June 26, 2024June 27, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia Canada Day, Chamber of Commerce, City of Orillia, Cloud Gallery, Hibernation, Mariposa Folk, OCB, ODAC, OMAH, Opera House, Orillia Youth Centre, Peter Street Fine Arts, Port of Orillia, St. Paul's Center

… there was one watering hole for every 150 people (for comparison that would be 213 bars today)

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Tragedy Commemorated

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 34

Two firefighters, Capt. Elgin H. Jones and Lt. Daniel MacLeish (a volunteer for 4 years), went below deck…

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Sustainable Orillia Bike Challenge Winners

June 22, 2024June 22, 2024 Sunonline/Orillia City of Orillia, Sustainable Orillia

Overall, participants were challenged to cycle a total distance equal to or more than 7560 kilometres (the distance across Canada)… they had cycled … a combined total of 10,767 kilometres.