Property owners lose appeal in $3.1M lawsuit against city
25Judges ruling seems reasonable to me. If they want an exclusive private dock then they should buy a waterfront lot.
6- Wondering Why?
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
20This is how we deal with homelessness. Watch how bad things get as more and more people are forced into being homeless and this is the way our police deal with it.
7- John Johnson the 3rd
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
22Sickening
5- Marc46
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
27Bylaws must be followed! The tiny house was an illegal build! A non-lethal instrument was drawn. Oh, but not fired. Gee, that's wonderful news. Not scary at all, then. Good grief. A man with such severe schizophrenia he couldn't live with anyone, and a son who loved him enough to give him this meager shelter where a solitary life and 4 walls brought some comfort. Did bylaw just show up out of the blue, with police carrying guns? Where were the mental health workers who could have given this man some help? Surely he is now in a downward spiral. We must do better.
- Magiccat
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
19this is absolutely disgusting ...and judging by the officials comments after complaints...the people who committed this travesty of justice should all either be retrained to learn compassion , or be fired
8- gran
'Very risky': Lack of terminal leaves local bus riders out in the cold
I don't want my tax dollars funding a bus terminal. Nobody takes the bus anymore
25- usr_684022
Severn family left without heat for 14 days due to furnace fiasco
23well, this story sure shows what company NOT to use ...useless in an emergency !
- gran
Public hearing set for proposed 4-storey development in Orillia
19"reducing the parking requirements for total number of vehicular parking and visitor parking". Maximizing profit while offloading the parking headaches onto the surrounding community. Which seems to be approved over and over again. You can't keep doing this without building public transportaion and biking/pedesterian improvements. Also, that section of West street is already bottle necked constantly. Anyone who is local knows that whole intersection is a rat's nest. We need housing but the area needs to be able to handle it.
2- Carleton
'Very risky': Lack of terminal leaves local bus riders out in the cold
19For years, bus riders have had to wait in a ditch (West Street south) in front of a motel that would not let them inside. And now the same physical conditions are to be found in front of Opera House. Absolutely ridiculous that bus riders wait in rain, (sometimes pouring rain), snow, sleet, ice, wind. Gee, if only Orillia had a bus station (already built!) somewhere in town?
- David Hawke
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
14Humanity seems to have left the building in this case. Even though the tiny house was illegal, it seems heartless and cruel to demolish the man’s shelter and toss his few possessions around. It sounds more like the Trump administration than Canada.
5- Grant Orillia News
Property owners lose appeal in $3.1M lawsuit against city
18I think the matter was long overdue for a challenge to the special privileges that the grape island residents had. They don’t own the water lot we all do as Orillia taxpayers.
- lashlarue
'Very risky': Lack of terminal leaves local bus riders out in the cold
17Why the city never decided to turn the old train station into a bus depot for the city buses I will never understand. It’s out of the way of the main vein of downtown, so less congestion especially during the peak times, but still close enough to be reasonable and it has plenty of room.
1- John Johnson the 3rd
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
12I'm shocked. This is no way to treat a fellow human being. I 'm surprised they didn't just leave him out in the cold. This incident should be investigated and the people who behaved so badly should be reprimanded. The little shelter that was destroyed should be rebuilt so at least there can be some humanity shown for this poor, man
6- Holly Levinter
Severn family left without heat for 14 days due to furnace fiasco
16Why are they so overwhelmed, we get rough winters here every year, could they not anticipate this and hire the necessary amount of staff to help manage this busy period, and allocate hours to the necessary companies? Or is this another Covid casualty business where they realized how much work they could make a smaller team do and never bothered hiring more people once things settled because the shareholders make more at the ends of the day, I’ve seen plenty of that the last few years.
2- John Johnson the 3rd
Orillia’s free clothing room forced to close despite rising needs
14There is empty space at city centre; main floor and second floor, free parking to bring in donations and free parking for people to access. Close to methadone clinics, Lighthouse , shelter for youth, Lighthouse Outreach at parking lot #1 and warming centre. Could act as a warming centre also as there is a limit of 20 at new West st location. Time to step up city council and city staff, election is just a few months away!
3- EW
Rental scam leaves 'vulnerable' Orillia woman almost penniless
17Stories like hers absolutely disgust me ...taking advantage of a woman who has nothing but an ODSP pension is so wrong , but these people have no conscience at all ...I am also a widow on a pension , but luckily more than the cheap gov't ODSP pension provides ! so yes I will be contributing to her GoFundMe...not a lot, but every bit helps ...hope those in better-off positions will also assist her.
- gran
Rob Ford’s daughter elected to Ontario PC Party executive
12Upon reading this a cold shudder went through me.
5- David Hawke
Public hearing set for proposed 4-storey development in Orillia
16Not sure who came up with the idea people in Orillia do not need a vehicle, but many families actually have two, so that the income earners can get to work. Parking spaces are needed for said vehicles, and by consistently approving developments with even less than one parking space per unit, will result in neighbourhood issues. Add to that, and by having so minimal visitor spaces, the city is creating increasing stress for those who require home care, as their care givers have no where to park--and they need to park, they do not take transit to get to their clients. I may have missed it, but I did not see any reference to having handicapped spaces either--and yes spaces, because one is not sufficient in a larger development. Lastly, with so few visitor spaces, are residents in any development supposed to hold a family and friends lottery to see which one might get to visit on a certain date, where has common sense gone? PS--notice I never mentioned the impact of being in the snowbelt!
1- LocalNana
Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
16Remember when they convinced us all that asylums were evil and we would be better off if they shut them all down?
1- Keith Baker
'Very risky': Lack of terminal leaves local bus riders out in the cold
1Maybe if the weather is that bad with snow and minus whatever, tell the family in Barrie you'll have to reschedule. Make a hot chocolate and stay home where its warm. All these ppl that drive unnecessarily in snowstorm and getting in accidents is the part of the reason our insurance rates are through the roof. Soon we'll ALL have to take the bus if car insurance gets any more expensive from all these avoidable accidents. If you don't have a job to get to or a medical emergency, stay home. Giant Tiger will still be there the next day. And I'm sure your family will understand.
15- Ron Nemeth
