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Poll: 3/4 of readers say the Liberals would be better off without Trudeau
12Justin Trudeau and the Fibberals lost my vote LONG AGO! Next election I am voting for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP. He will do this country a world of good.
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Survivors cheer as former HRC buildings come down (6 photos)
OrilliaMatters 17I 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.
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Petition launched to reinstate Trevor Lee as Orillia's CAO
OrilliaMatters 22Mr. Trevor Lee needs to be appointed to the Chief Administrative Officer position, or Mayor Don McIsaac needs to resign. PERIOD! Mr. Amanpreet Singh Sidhu does not have the experience for the job, and Mr. Lee does. Furthermore, Mr. Lee was the candidate chosen after a search and extensive hiring process. To give the man the job and then just yank it out from under him after he went to all this effort to move here and do the job is just despicable! And if he isn't given the position, I don't blame Mr. Lee one bit if he sues the city to recover for damages he may incur as a result of the city's actions.
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Tiny home housing homeless man in the woods torn down
OrilliaMatters 12This is absolutely horrible that this man was treated this way! While the structure was illegal, it nor the man was doing anybody any harm. And they should have been forced to leave it up until the man was found suitable accomodations and only then kick him out and tear it down.
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Barrie to spend $250K to fly massive flag for Canada Day near Hwy.
OrilliaMatters 14Here we go again with politicians wasting taxpayers money! With all the issues going on in Canadian society, such as homelessness, surely they could have found a better use for $250K.
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'Broken system' leaves Ramara landlords to foot bill for tenants trashing their home
OrilliaMatters 5Suzanne, you make some good points. But, where's the landlord's responsibility in this? How thoroughly did they check the tenant out before renting to them? Many landlords don't do thorough reference and background checks before they agree to rent to a new tenant.Part of the whole problem of bad tenants & bad landlords is solved by landlords having some more rights and enforcement powers when a tenant misbehaves and does something wrong. That would give them more power to solve issues without going to the landlord tribunal, and also might make a tenant think before doing certain things.
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City staff defend winter maintenance as complaints pile up
OrilliaMatters 11Not only does the snow removal by the city needs to improve, it's also the ATTITUDE this city's staff & council have towards providing proper snow removal in a timely manner! It's been this way for DECADES because city staff think Orillians should just settle for the lousy snow removal we have now, and they think it's acceptable. That attitude needs to change IMMEDIATELY!
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'Game changer': Feds expanding dental care to ages 18 to 64 by June
OrilliaMatters 8Hmm, seems rather convenient to me that the Fibberals are making this announcement JUST AFTER Mark Carney was sworn in as Prime Minister, and there's talk of a federal election!
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'Worst time': As Trudeau steps down, Simcoe North braces for election
OrilliaMatters 3Thank God Justin Trudeau is GONE! But let's face it....the reality is, he knew full well with how unfavorable he is in the polls with Canadians, and how the NDP was planning a non confidence motion to trigger a election, he would have lost and Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives would be leading the country. This was a desperate attempt for the Fibberals to save face and get a new leader that would be more popular with voters, keep their power and still have a Liberal leader elected as the next Prime Minister.
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Penetang mayor 'apologizes for oversight' after Lord's Prayer recited in council
OrilliaMatters 2Well, I guess Penetanguishene's municipal government has proven beyond any doubt that they have ZERO RESPECT for law and order in this country, and the Supreme Court of Canada and their rulings. Boo!
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Ford government to restrict public access to politicians’ documents
OrilliaMatters 9Doug Ford is BY FAR, the WORST Premier that has ever held office in the Province of Ontario! He has absolutely wrecked and devastated this province in so many different ways. Doug Ford needs to be kicked out of office NOW!
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High snow banks spark debate over winter road safety in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 9Here we go again with the City of Orillia making excuses for providing lousy snow removal and NOT listening to residents complaints!Is it really too much to ask that we ask for the streets to be plowed in a reasonable time and the snow banks removed before they get too high?!?! Oh ya, apparently according to our city council :(
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New Hampton Inn and Suites hotel planned for Memorial Avenue
OrilliaMatters 7Yup, I would be willing to bet once the new hotel is built, Sunray will put the Best Western property up for sale and they will make sure it's a corporate retirement home company.
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'Right now, I just can't do it': Orillia woman says Christmas isn't merry for everyone
OrilliaMatters 8I can totally relate to Jane. When I was 21, my Mom died. But in addition to that, I lost my ENTIRE family on both sides when she passed. Except for 2 aunts who were abandoned and adopted in the 1930's, who would be 97 and 92 if they are still alive and I found them, I am a orphan. Being poor and living on a ODSP pension with hardly any money, hardly any friends, no family, and having depression, anxiety and PTSD is bad enough without the pressure of Christmas. And your friends always celebrate with their own families. This is one time of year I rather forget about, and just hope it passes soon.
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'Close to my heart': Wynne calls on Severn to help strengthen Greenbelt
OrilliaMatters 7This warms my heart to see our former Premier, Kathleen Wynne, take a stand for the Greenbelt and encourage politicians to protect it. Now more than ever do we need to protect natural lands and our drinking water!
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Orillia moving to recycling carts, every-other-week collection
OrilliaMatters 4The bins may be modern and more convenient, but I see this as just a way to reduce taxpayers dollars spent on recycling collection. Half the pickups per month, and one less person needed on the truck to do the work. And while we get reduced service, the money saved will likely be squandered and wasted somehow by the City :(
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'Awesome' Gill Street Community Complex reopens with cake, skating (11 photos)
OrilliaMatters 6EXACTLY! And Orillia Council should be ashamed of themselves for renaming the arena. The name should have been left Brian Orser Arena FOREVER....he put this region on the map with his success as a figure skater, it was named for him for a good reason, and that shouldn't have been forgotten!
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Here's the scoop: City OKs ice cream bikes, but not downtown
OrilliaMatters 7Amazing how the city of Orillia has to make life difficult for, of all things, a bicycle ice cream vendor! It's a tradition having kids run to the ice cream man and buying ice cream....I remember it fondly from my own childhood. Leave it alone for crying out loud!
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Doug Ford's PCs polling comfortably as summer break begins
OrilliaMatters 4I will NEVER vote Conservative! First, Mike Harris, and now Doug Ford, have done so much damage to our province and the social and health care supports we all rely on. I will ALWAYS vote Liberal or NDP for that reason alone - those parties can be counted on to make sure vulnerable people in our society are protected!
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Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
OrilliaMatters 5Want to drive Christmas shopping to big box stores and online sites? Keep charging for parking in the downtown! Simple as that. People have no incentive to give small businesses their money when they have to pay for parking. Why would I pay to park when I can park for free at Walmart and Best Buy, and I can get mostly everything there or online?
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