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Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

So, Smith's solution is to ban encampments while providing nowhere for the homeless to go, and also passing the buck to the provincial and federal governments instead of taking any responsibility for the the issues within her "own" town. Why exactly did we pay for her to go to all those courses about addressing homelessness???

- ElizabethMK

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

I totally agree with Adele Lemaire. As someone who uses the trails almost daily, they can be scary. The section from Forest Ave to downtown is exceptionally bad. The trash, hazardous waste and stench is terrible. You don’t know if you are going to be approached by these individuals so it leaves a very uneasy situation. Something definitely needs to be done.

- Sandy48

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

Completely separate from electric buses, has the mayor basically given up being cordial since he isn't running? Since he got overruled on the statue? Wait your turn or just shut up. The adults are trying to have a conversation.

- Danny Galea

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

Smith said something I agree with, that you seemed to have overlooked that deals with managing the homeless population:"I would like to see council immediately explore a bylaw prohibiting camping anywhere within the City of Orillia without an approved permit or authorization ... this would provide bylaw officers with clearer authority to address encampments before they become larger public safety concerns," said Smith.

- CasualObserver

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

There is no question, electric buses have been an epic failure, and cost millions in taxpayer subsidies.

- Dennis Woodman

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

I am not comparing us to China, but they have a fleet of 700,000 electric buses. Paris has over 1,000. Toronto has 300+. Vancouver 281. Montreal has 41 + 871 hybrid buses. London, England has 1,951 electric buses. Kingston, Ontario has 7. Even Windsor, car country, has 34 hybrid buses. The list goes on and on. Why Calgary had such an epic fail, is a mystery. Poor management? And why the mayor would not know how many cities and countries have had wildly successful rolloust of electric buses is a mystery. Or maybe not. It takes research and knowledge of the benefits of electric power to understand.

- Magiccat

OSMH interim CEO pleads for council to back plan for new build

Respectfully, you know nothing of the viability of the site on West Street across from the rec centre. It would work if we had the fortitude and foresight. It meets every urban planning doctrine.

- Downtown Core

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

The longer that encampments are left to fester, the worse the problem becomes. Those who pay the taxes have the right to be safe in their own communities. The garbage and the needles that are left behind with impunity are not acceptable. The greater homelessness problem will not be solved by the city of Orillia. Take some guidance from Barrie, and protect the safety of the community, remove the encampments.

- R. Baxter

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

Electric buses failed in Regina. Does not mean they will fail in Orillia Mayor.

- Flax Seed

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

Stop all this talk about terminals. STOP sending every bus downtown. Have professionals design the routing with transfer points like real cities have. Stop catering to the shop owners and their friends on council.

- Brad Mathews

Council to see new Official Plan, hear about new hospital Monday

Councillor Smith has been the Council Liasion to the Hospital Community Engagement Committee for the past 3 years and has only attended 2 meetings. Many of her questions could have been answered.

- Pat Hehn

OSMH interim CEO pleads for council to back plan for new build

It is time for dinosaur Cipolla to retire & take councillor Smith with him. A downtown location will add years to a new build with all the brownfield remediation required. One would think theMURF would have taught them something.

- retired optimist

Council to see new Official Plan, hear about new hospital Monday

Councillor Smith. Obviously there are dated people who know others in places to track your attendance as they attempt undermine your future. Stay strong as jealousy never wins.

- Trueblue

Barrie Road apartment plan on hold as developer seeks city relief

Moe, you need to give it up. Your BS is too much for what’s needed here.Yours truly : former tenant of 95 Barrie Rd (Circa 2013), former LANDSCAPER for the monstrosity of “75 Barrie Rd” LIE). Too many Orillians know what you are about. All you have done is play the “geared to income” relief grants and look at what you’ve created; double and triple rents for less than the big infests I had to help TRY to alleviate back in 2013-2015. You pretend you’ll build for geared, receive the grants, to be gone and not provide what said grants are for. You’re a joke and you need to be gone. As a former tenant and landscaper of yours, please just go away and let people who aren’t lining pockets take over.

- Manderzz

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

They have failed in many places and can cost up to 2.6 times more than diesel buses.

- Dennis Woodman

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

You can sugar coat it all you want but don't let your grandkids take a stroll through Couchiching beach park after 10 o'clock on a warm summer evening. I for one am for banning encampments in the city, especially on the warmer months. If by "we" you mean taxpayers paid for courses and addressing homelessness, then why don't we just implement what these courses suggest. What happened in Orillia also happened in Barrie and will happen again unless we tighten up and stop trying to be their mother and think giving them a place to live will change anything.

- whoknows

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

If they would quite shipping the homlessness from Toronto to Orillia LighttHouse Beackon we in Orillia wouldnt have this problem

- Wendl

City council gives green light to $13M transit terminal

We are already having problems with snow removal. Imagine electric vehicles on some of our snow bound streets. Never mind the millions of dollars to purchase them.

- dJ59

Citizen calls for change in Orillia amid 'growing decline in safety'

Oh? I love this false narrative. I have heard this online for a few years now. Who is "they" who are doing this shipping? Tell us all one verifiable fact to back up this claim. Otherwise, it remains a false narrative.

- no laughing matter

‘Protect Ontario’ ads cost one ministry nearly $10M last year

They are both obscene uses of our money. I will never vote for the PC party in Ontario again while they are pulling this nonsense.

- DLBH