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POLL: Federal NDP, Green readers shifting to Liberals
84Really? Trump says U.S. has better healthcare. Any clue what they pay without private insurance? No OHIP style coverage there.
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POLL: Most say Trudeau should go, and want early election
12PP says what people want to hear, but has no plan. Like Ford, I don't trust him.
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Hospital governance shake-up alarms Orillia community leaders
OrilliaMatters 31My grandfather was a D-Day survivor who fought for this country. To not be recognized by the OSMH board makes me wonder what other worthy causes I'd prefer to donate my money to.
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BREAKING: Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended
29The gov't, as I understand it, will do another 1 billion dollar bailout in January, but must find alternate sources of revenue by 2027. A friend of mine in union management seems to feel that if the union can't work inside gov't guidelines they will privatize Canada Post.
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'It's stigmatizing': Outreach vans ticketed, benches removed in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 31Has anyone considered the fact that removing benches at a bus stop can be problamatic for a disabled person waiting for a bus?
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Mayor urges patience as winter wallops Orillia (9 photos)
OrilliaMatters 20Our snow totals are lower than most other areas around Georgian Bay & Lake Huron. Areas south west of Barrie & areas near Wingham near Lake Huron have much more. Orillia's winter clearing efforts are not very good at all.
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Ontario MPPs to get $40K annual salary bump and new pension plan
OrilliaMatters 21Must be nice to be over paid & get to continually not be available for comments.
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'Too big': Residents concerned about planned Hawk Ridge development
OrilliaMatters 20And still the Conservatives will win this riding in the next election as always, signaling to Ford that we love this approach. That is what's pitiful.
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POLL: Most say Trudeau should go, and want early election
19He won't step down. Like his father, a spending narcissist.
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BREAKING: Premier Doug Ford to call snap election next week, sources say
13Conservatives have always done well in Simcoe County, regardless of the issues. If these same votes give Ford his mandate considering the state of the health file for one, is all the voter outrage just a lot of baloney?
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Resident trapped by 'wall of ice' after city plow blocks driveway
OrilliaMatters 24Check the sheer pins on your auger shaft. Easily replaced & are meant to snap to protect the machine when the auger gets jammed. If auger spins freely with machine turned off, the sheer pins have snapped.
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Proposed Hawk Ridge development spawns flood of concerns at forum
OrilliaMatters 20Developers are going to say what people want to hear, but once they get approvals they don't really listen anymore.
3- retired optimist
'Money grab': Petition challenges fairness of Orillia speed cameras
OrilliaMatters 16Just don't speed. Period. If in a hurry, leave earlier.
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Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
OrilliaMatters 15Enough with the greedy excuses. Make parking free or lose customers. Once you've burned them you've lost them.
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Poll: Conservatives eager for an early federal election
12Conservative Premier Ford is a shining example of why not to vote Conservative. As for Polliviere, he talks a lot but offers no solutions except taking away benefits that a lot of people need just to survive.
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COLUMN: Emergency room wait times have become 'unacceptable'
OrilliaMatters 15It seems Ford is more concerned about highway 401 tunnels. He doesn't worry. If he becomes ill he goes to the front of the line.
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COLUMN: 'Teflon Don' hellbent on revenge come November
OrilliaMatters 13He is a narcissist. If he does not personally benefit from something, he does not support it. His lies & flip flop decisions make his fitness for office a real concern.
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Orillia speed cameras issued over 12,000 tickets in four months
OrilliaMatters 11At an average of $145, 12,000 tickets raised $1,740,000. Add to that the $163,661 the province is giving the city, I wonder how the city will squander this away, beyond giving everyone at city hall pay raises.
7- retired optimist
Orillia man left without access to $25,000 after ATM issue
OrilliaMatters 18I walked away from TD years ago due to their not taking responsibility for an obvious bank branch error.
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Dunlop relishes ‘huge opportunity’ as new Minister of Education
OrilliaMatters 12Democracy also entails having those the public elects being accountable, not hiding.
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