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Staff say there is already $52 million of planned projects over the next ten years, but its piece work and they want o have a coordinated plan for the whole system.
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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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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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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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Order Of Orillia Bestowed This Week
The Order of Orillia is awarded to individuals and groups who volunteered a decade or more of their time to bettering the community.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
The good news, Norm Foster will be on stage for his own Old Love, starting August 18.
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2024 Citizen of the Year
“I work every day all year. I’ll most likely do work when I get home because there’s always so much to be done,”
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
Friday night a series of fundraising concerts for the Orillia Youth Centre starts at Creative Nomad Studios.
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
-long titles, yes, but they both have the word poop in them
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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment
This would be the weekend for the Orillia Fall Fair at ODAS Park, but it’s been moved and has a new name.
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