Lakehead student raises alarm over 25-hour emergency care ordeal
30How about a 0% Sales Tax increase, and put the money into health services, more doctors, and fairer compensation for family doctors. Ontarians already pay some of the highest sales tax rates. The problem is with the people who appropriate that money. More on health services and doctors, and less on vanity projects like spas, tunnels, beer at gas stations, and unaffordable condos.
- Billy Conacher
City council set to discuss ward vs. at-large elections, Winter Games at Monday's meeting
24If the ward system remains, candidates should be required to live in the ward they are running to represent. Currently this is not requirement.
2- Patrick Reid
Local animal advocate calls for end to 'needless, cruel suffering'
5Apparently these are animals are destined for euthanasia so as long as they do not suffer unduly their ending is the same. Humans expected to die are experimented on all the time testing new procedures and/or drugs so what is the difference?
14- Wondering Why
Muslim youth association donates 1,000 pounds of food to Sharing Place
16Imagine being so misunderstood because of a religion… so many people do not understand Muslim or Islam teachings and only focus on the extremes. Thank you to your community of awesome youth for this donation!
2- CandiceC
City council set to discuss ward vs. at-large elections, Winter Games at Monday's meeting
10Here we go again. Why can this city's council NOT read up on it's own history? We had at large councils before and returned to a ward system when all councilors were from the North ward where all the money was. the rest of the city got the scraps after the North Ward was well taken care of.
8- Brad Mathews
City council votes in favour of making election day a PA day
11Cause teachers need another paid day off and kids need yet another reason not to be in school. What will teachers be doing on this day?
6- reluctant
City council votes in favour of making election day a PA day
8You do know that teachers and support staff don't "get the day off" with PA days, right?They are at the schools either in meetings, doing courses or planning future course work.Support staff are helping prep course work, doing upgrading to their training etc.No staff are sitting at home during a PA day
9- MG920
Lakehead student raises alarm over 25-hour emergency care ordeal
4Increase Sales Tax by 3% put the money into health services, for more doctors and higher compensation for family doctors.
12- konrad
Lakehead student raises alarm over 25-hour emergency care ordeal
15Ford is withholding funding earmarked for Healthcare. He's got the money, he just won't spend it
1- MG920
COLUMN: Hawkestone man loves the freedom of living off the grid
16Not for everyone, but good for him for choosing less to give his soul more! His dog is beautiful!
- Jan Watters
85,000 people homeless in Ontario, up 8% in one year: report
7Ontario’s homelessness crisis is no longer “big city only.” AMO’s updated data puts the number at nearly 85,000 people homeless in 2025 (up ~8% from 2024), with almost 2,000 encampments across the province — and the fastest growth is in rural and northern communities.What’s broken is obvious: housing and supports haven’t kept pace, and an “enforcement-first” response just scatters people without housing them.If we want fewer tents and fewer people dying outside, the fix is boring but real: build deeply affordable and supportive housing, expand mental-health/addictions treatment, and fund prevention (rent supplements, eviction prevention, income supports) so people don’t fall into homelessness in the first place.Barrie/Simcoe should be pressing Queen’s Park hard — municipalities can’t carry this alone.
9- Monika Nink
City to continue proactive approach targeting 'chronic problem properties'
4We pay for our properties, we should be allowed to let them look however we want, this is ridiculous.
12- John Johnson the 3rd
Orillia mother starts diaper pantry to ease financial burden on parents
12I guess the time of using washable diapers and cloths is gone. After my initial purchase there was no cost to me just the effort of soaking and washing.
3- Penny Kerr
City council set to discuss ward vs. at-large elections, Winter Games at Monday's meeting
11If not in the ward than live IN the city so the decisions made at council impact them too.
4- Brad Mathews
City council votes in favour of making election day a PA day
14Of all the things to be worried about.
1- Danny Galea
'Exciting idea': Sharing Place wants to revitalize Orillia greenhouse
10the city hasn't kept up the wooden boxes they call gardens at lakehead...like we really need to take on a million, yes million dollar project...NO!! Stop wasting our tax dollars. Sharing place wants it, buy land and build it with your own money, not the tax payers of Orillia's money.
5- HappyGuy
Lakehead student raises alarm over 25-hour emergency care ordeal
14A family doctor can't treat an ectopic pregnancy. That requires specialist care.Family doctors don't typically work in the ER. It's usually doctos who are specialists.Ford isn't spending all the funding he's given for Healthcare on Healthcare. He's withholding funding
- MG920
City council votes in favour of making election day a PA day
12Here is an idea. If some people are worried about the safety of children in schools why not have election sites at Rotary place, the rec centre, Orillia Square Mall and all of the churches.The kids have enough PA days throughout the school year and to add on the amount of snow days I am sure Council can find another alternative than schools so we can vote.
2- jascoldwell
'Exciting idea': Sharing Place wants to revitalize Orillia greenhouse
144.3 to 8.2 million dollars is an absurd amount to build a greenhouse of that size. This is a great initiative. But there needs to be some more sensible use of taxpayer money.
- R. Baxter
Local animal advocate calls for end to 'needless, cruel suffering'
13No one in their right mind could find this acceptable. Look at that poor creature in the picture, ear partially removed. Such defenceless creatures should be protected not exploited.
- Carleton
