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VIDEO: How is it even possible to shoplift $1.3M worth of booze from the LCBO?
8Shoplifting is wrong and illegal but I don’t get why the article says they are being unsafe. They aren’t armed robbers, they are just walking out of the store without paying for things. Still wrong, but that has nothing to do with safety
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BREAKING: Mayor uses veto power to cut tax increase to 0%
OrilliaMatters 11Trying to buy back some votes I guess
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Despite nabbing thousands of speeders, Orillia cameras to go dark within 14 days
OrilliaMatters 6@Wondering Why I’ve never been in a car accident but I always wear my seat belt. Just because something bad hasn’t happened yet, doesn’t mean we can’t do something to make it safer proactively rather than reactively
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Council votes to keep sidewalks on both sides in older neighbourhoods
OrilliaMatters 8Streets need a minimum of 1 sidewalk but best practice is to have it on both sides. That’s why all of Westridge has them on both sides
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Heading north? EV charging stations now live in several towns
OrilliaMatters 6Taxes shouldn’t be subsidizing gas users either but here we are
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Beaverton feels overlooked in Ontario’s revived passenger rail plans
OrilliaMatters 13I’m glad that they are bringing this service back. That being said, “reliable heating” and wifi shouldn’t be seen as a big win. This is a bare minimum and is a good representation of how far behind we are compared to other countries with rail services
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City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
OrilliaMatters 6If you want skilled workers to stay, you need to make the salary competitive
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Women's shelter, turning people away, makes plea to city for funding
OrilliaMatters 10Except that some organizations like them are doing work that governments should be providing but aren’t
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VIDEO: Is the Ford government actually going to scrap school trustees?
8If they scrap trustees who will they blame for the “mismanagement” (underfunding) of public schools?
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'Money grab': Petition challenges fairness of Orillia speed cameras
OrilliaMatters 6You get it back in the services that the city provides
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City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
OrilliaMatters 2Yes
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Heading north? EV charging stations now live in several towns
OrilliaMatters 3EVs will absolutely cause more wear and tear on the roads. That being said, the gas tax doesn’t cover anything close to the cost of roads and gas cars have other negative impacts like noise and air pollution
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Elementary school parents rally to protest speed camera removal
OrilliaMatters 4If a driver can’t notice speed limit signs while driving then they definitely deserve the ticket they got
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Education minister calls for overhaul as EQAO scores show minimal gains
OrilliaMatters 6The provincial government has given school boards less and less money every year and expect things to get better because the tweak something here and there. If they actually want score to improve, there needs to be fundamental changes like increasing funding and reducing class sizes by hiring more teachers. Everything else is just lip service
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Petition launched to reinstate Trevor Lee as Orillia's CAO
OrilliaMatters 6Do you mean the Premier?
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Potential dog park, 8-storey apartment building on council's agenda Monday
OrilliaMatters 4Solar is a famously inexpensive form of power to generate so even if the upfront installation cost might be a little expensive, the long term benefits would be better
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COLUMN: Provincial ban on 'road diets' would leave a sour taste
OrilliaMatters 4Gas taxes don’t come anywhere close to covering the cost of roads. So people who don’t own cars/drive are actually subsidizing drivers, not the other way around
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Campbell says councillors will have blood on their hands if someone gets hurt at Orillia park
OrilliaMatters 1Agreed! The space would be much better used if it was given back to park users. That covered seating area would actually be useful and the whole area could have more vendors for special events that happen in the park
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Council slams the brakes on Laclie Street bike lanes ... for now
OrilliaMatters 6What is unfortunate about this article is that it puts all the cost associated with widening the road onto the addition of bike lanes when they are also adding a turning lane. If you added both of those, the width of the road would double and the cost would go up quite a bit. Bike lanes aren’t adding the cost, it’s the addition of 2 types of lanes which is doing that. It’s fine to disagree with adding bike lanes but it isn’t providing an honest perspective on the issue which is disappointing
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City hits brakes on Colborne St. parking spots amid safety concerns
OrilliaMatters 4The intention wasn’t to increase parking revenue. The purpose of these new parking spots is to provide additional parking spaces as they start the Mississauga reconstruction (which will temporarily remove many spots at a time) and to be a passive traffic calming measure to reduce speeds
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