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'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project

Great, reduce the speeds, frustrate drivers and taxpayers, spend more on signage, so we can give even more on the OPP budget that is already far too high. 🙄 This is a waste of time and resources.

- Derick.Lehmann

Orillia moving to recycling carts, every-other-week collection

Yes, the people of Orillia have been clamouring for the added convenience of a giant cart that won't fit anywhere and a 50% reduction in the pickup schedule!NOT.

- Onlooker

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

I don't support this. As much as this may bring bad memories to former residents and staff members, those buildings were historic. In addition, if the plan is to make a museum, one of the buildings could have been used for that purpose.

- smalltownguy2017

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

This mass demolition of historic buildings is so wrong on so many levels! Were the anti-Champlain monument folks also involved with this? Stinks the same. KEEP THE MAIN BUILDING INTACT! Learn from our collective mistakes and educate all. Oh, I know, let's get MPP Dunlop to champion for the protection of this historic site! Throw in a photo op for guaranteed success.

- David Hawke

'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project

Makes sense much sense. Should have done this in the first place…

- SSaddie

Orillia moving to recycling carts, every-other-week collection

This should be interesting during the winter with the city's poor record of snow clearing.

- retired optimist

'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project

No! It's ridiculous to treat every road situation the same. University avenue is already set too low at 50, for a five-lane road with set-back sidewalks. And good luck keeping the buses on schedule, since they too will be slowed down.

- Wylder

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

I didn't even know there was a plan to knock them all down.

- Onlooker

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

these buildings looked in "livable" shape.....Why couldn't they house the houseless.

- Krysa

'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project

The problem really isn't the 50kph limit, the problem is people doing 60 and over in 50 zones. Unfortunately Doug Ford is in favour of speeding and has taken the most effective solution off the table.

- Richard Mount

Orillia moving to recycling carts, every-other-week collection

Says who? I don't wash mine.

- Onlooker

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

The comments on the board so far are bewildering. Historical buildings, perhaps. But ones that 1) caused pain to a lot of people who were held there against their will & 2) the majority of which had not been properly maintained & were in disrepair. Are we supposed to waste money fixing them to make them habitable for the homeless, especially with all the baggage they hold? This is the smart move, knock them down & repurpose the land using modern building techniques, whatever the buildings do."Erasing history does not make it disappear." What a grandiose statement for something so obvious. If it brings closure to former residents to not have to look at them & spending taxpayer money to keep them standing, why not? The history will still exist in the cemetery across the street.

- Danny Galea

Orillia moving to recycling carts, every-other-week collection

360L more than twice the size of a normal oil barrel! A big blue very unattractive object to deal with, while urban lots are increasingly being allowed to be smaller. If you close the lids the squirrels will have them perforated the first time you put a meat tray in it. Not to mention snow plows . The system wasn't broken before so Ford had to break it to get a contract for his buddy.

- Keith Baker

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

Wow. Listen to the people affected. Why are they historic? What part of it do we want to celebrate? Maybe because i have "only" been in Orillia for 20 years...but i see them as historically odious. Why do we need 40+ deteriorating buildings to remind us that its not okay to displace and abuse people?

- no laughing matter

Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)

For those of you who would like to keep these buildings ask yourself if you'd want to see them constantly if you had been abused in one of them. I'm thinking NO. Big talk from people who will never understand.

- Penny Kerr

Province looks to shrink Simcoe County council, give Warden more powers

Any provincial appointment is suspect. None are based on merit but on Ford's self serving, ambitions regarding everything from his massive expenditures of self promotion, overly grand visions of his construction projects and ambitions, his consistent false promises, destruction of our safety networks and protections and his actions of dictatorship.

- Holly Levinter

Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise

Their pay raises should be tied to the inflation rate.

- Dennis Woodman

Taxpayers group slams Ontario MPPs 'loathsome' new pay raise

I agree with Dennis W.Tie the increase to inflation.The wages in the government sector have got out of control.

- Curious 1

'Huge issue': Councillors pitch city-wide 40 km/h pilot project

I live on a locally designated road near downtown and have seen a dramatic increase in speed and volume. Traffic calming is about reducing speeds and short cutting on local and collector roads. Reduced limits is an inexpensive and effective measure. You could keep the higher limits on the arterial routes.

- Downtown Core

Province looks to shrink Simcoe County council, give Warden more powers

Warden with “strong powers” being appointed by provincial government is very suspect.

- Wondering Why