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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment | SUNonline/Orillia What a month this has been so far. Mariposa Arts produced and performed fantastically with Jesus Christ Superstar, the City killed summer theater

What a month so far, lots of reviews; What a month ahead with concerts and events galore.

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Editorial: Summer Theater Kicked To The Curb | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia has a reputation for creating art. Musically, poetically, visually and theatrically. Great strides were made during

Editorial: Orillia City staff have cancelled our thriving, homegrown summer theater program.

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Editorial: Orillia City staff have cancelled our thriving, homegrown summer theater program.

Council Preview / 2026 Operating Budget | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council has a budget meeting Wednesday, November 12 at 9 a.m. to discuss amendments to the operating budget

Orillia council meets Wednesday morning to tackle council amendments to the mayor's 2026 capital budget.

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Gord Made The Ship Famous, John Tells The Stories Of The People | SUNonline/Orillia Between 1875 and November 10, 1975, 6,000 ships sank in the Great Lakes. Since then there have been no nautical disasters.

On the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an interview with the author of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

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Jesus Christ Superstar Is Outstanding | SUNonline/Orillia Mariposa Arts Theatre has done it again. Their production of Jesus Christ Superstar has to be seen, it’s fantastic. I could go on,

Several rejected headlines later, all of which would be perfect in another publication, we settled on outstanding. Just go see it.

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Flood: The Rest Of The Story | SUNonline/Orillia And the Lord cometh unto Noah in a dream saying, “Noah, my man, rise up. I wouldst have words with you.”

Everybody knows this story, but have you read the complete version?

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Do You Have What It Takes? | SUNonline/Orillia So you think you can do a better job being an Orillia councillor. 2026 is an election year and there is no better time

The next municipal election in in October 2026. You can take a free online course to figure out if you understand the job of being a councillor.

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Updating The Official Plan | SUNonline/Orillia The City of Orillia is updating the Official Plan and has an open house to gather public input December 4

The City of Orillia is updating the Official Plan and has a public meeting to get input in December.

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Orillia Hall Of Fame Grows By Three | SUNonline/Orillia The Orillia council chamber was almost full for last Thursday’s induction of three people into the Orillia Hall of Fame

There are three new admissions to the Orillia Hall of Fame.

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Put your old batteries out with the trash this week.

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Council Preview | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council’s meeting Monday, November 3 starts at 1 p.m. because they have a public meeting on planning matters.

Orillia council meets Monday; new development and taking away sidewalks are on the agenda.

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Things I Never Said Before | SUNonline/Orillia o know that we know what we know, and to know what we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. - Copernicus

Sometimes words just escape you.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment | SUNonline/Orillia The Lightfoot Days Festival starts Thursday, October 30 with a concert by the Lightfoot Band at the Opera House

The Lightfoot Band plays the Opera House October 30 to open the Lightfoot Days Festival and then it's Gord all weekend, and some classical music in concert Saturday night.

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Barry Keane, Still Having Fun | SUNonline/Orillia What do all these musicians and groups have in common? Anne Murray, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Shania Twain, Dan Hill, Carole King...

The Lightfoot Days Festival kicks off Thursday night with the original Lightfoot Band; Barry Keane talks about his career and the band.
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Why Do We Pay Taxes? | SUNonline/Orillia Ben Franklin once said, “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” The first I can attest to having delayed (for the moment) thanks

The government could do a better job explaining what our taxes do, and we could do a better job understanding how taxes work.
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Council Preview / 2026 Operating Budget | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council meets Monday, October 27 at 9 a.m. to tackle the 2026 operating budget. Part of the operating budget procedure

Orillia council takes on the 2026 operating budget Monday beginning at 9 a.m. Yes, there will be a tax increase.

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Not The Nutcracker | SUNonline/Orillia Back when the earth was young, like 1984, I was having a coffee with one of the powers that be of Galtaco and the subject got around

The Nutcracker story, but not exactly how Tchaikovsky wrote it.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment | SUNonline/Orillia Friday, October 24th’s Orillia Youth Centre fundraising concert at Creative Nomad Studios with Ronnie Douglas, Angie Nussey

Concerts this weekend, events in the weeks to come.

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Council Preview | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council’s October 20 regular meeting should start at 2 p.m. There was however, a couple of meetings relating to the 2026 capital budget

A preview of Monday's regular council meeting.

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Council Preview 2026 Capital Budget | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council meets at 9 a.m. Monday October 20. This is because of extra meetings for the 2026 budget and the normally scheduled

Orillia council has a series of meetings happening October 20 beginning at 9 a.m. They start with what could be the final adoption of the 2026 capital budget.

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Survey This | SUNonline/Orillia I don’t want to act like a grouch but sometimes modern businesses are royal pains in the, for want of a better word, bum.

How are we doing? Jim has an opinion about that.

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment | SUNonline/Orillia It’s Orillia Jazz Festival Weekend and the marquee event is Saturday night with the Oscar Peterson Centennial Quartet...

It's Orillia Jazz Festival weekend, the Lightfoot Days Festival is coming up, and much more.

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Council Preview 2026 Capital Budget Round Two | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council continues its 2026 budget meetings Monday October 13 at 9 a.m. With the new process...

Orillia council continues its 2026 Capital Budget discussion on Tuesday.

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Did He Or Didn’t He? Only The Scriptwriter Knows | SUNonline/Orillia I am confused (like you didn’t know that already) about the ending of one of the British TV mysteries. Perhaps someone out there...

Is it a cliffhanger, or did someone not follow the plot?

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This Week In Art/Culture/Entertainment | SUNonline/Orillia First the earth shattering news, Rush is doing a short tour staring in June 2026. They have a stand-in for Neil. Her name

Concerts, concerts, concerts and it's Images Studio Tour weekend too.
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Council Preview | SUNonline/Orillia Orillia council meets at 2 p.m., Monday, October 6. Despite having a special meeting of council at the top of the agenda,

A run down of the business for Orillia council's Monday meeting.

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Another Repair Cafe Happening Soon | SUNonline/Orillia The community-powered Repair Café is back this fall, residents can give their well-loved items a second life instead of sending them

Fix your broken thingamajig at Sustainable Orillia's Repair Cafe.
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Orillia Public Library Survey About Digital Services | SUNonline/Orillia The Orillia Public Library is inviting the community to help shape the future of its digital services by taking part in a new

The Orillia Public Library wants your opinion about their digital services.

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Green Haven’s Walk This Way Fundraiser | SUNonline/Orillia When last year’s ice storm left parts of Simcoe County without electricity, heat, or water for up to two weeks,

Green Haven Shelter for Women has a fundraiser coming up.

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