Janet-Lynne Durnford

The #NewCanadaDrivingLaw2025 is fake. It’s anti-Carney, anti-Liberal propaganda. The feds have no jurisdiction to override provincial traffic laws. The Google AI results are a hallucination based on sketchy “media” websites. We need to question everything we read online. #onpoli #canpoli #fakenews

Happy Pride Month, Orillia!

The province wants your feedback on the rollout of Strong Mayor Powers to 169 more Ontario municipalities.
Comments due by April 16, 2025.
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Scroll down to “Comment on this proposal via email”
#onpoli #strongmayorpowers #strongmayor #ontario #ontariocanada

The City of Orillia was granted temporary strong mayor powers on April 3, 2025 to help the municipality respond to the ice storm that impacted the region in late March. These powers will become permanent on May 1, 2025....

We the undersigned members of Orillia City Council strongly oppose Mayor McIsaac’s request for “Strong Mayor Powers,” and his decision to use those powers to subvert and reverse the will of Council. We call on the Mayor and Minister Flack to rescind SMP immediately. #onpoli #Orillia

As #Orillia cleans up thanks go out to Hydro One, OPP, paramedics, tree service workers, essential workers...
Thanks to City staff working tirelessly at Emergency Operations and the Relief Centre to keep our vital systems running, and ensure that we get info and support
#community #StrongerTogether

As the #Orillia powers up and cleans up, huge thanks are due to EVERYONE who checked on a senior, lent out a generator, fed a friend, donated essentials, picked up tree debris for a neighbour, restricted water use, or helped out in way.
Community is our strength.
#community #StrongerTogether

#Orillia drinking water is safe.

While emergency repairs to the separate damaged sewage treatment plant are underway, all are asked to reduce water use:

Postpone laundry and dishwashing
Take shorter showers
Flush toilets only when necessary
Avoiding draining large amounts of water at once

The City of #Orillia water is SAFE to drink, and there are no plans to cut off the drinking water supply.

ORILLIA

🔴 Power outages:
hydroone.com/outages
Text “outage” to 92887 (WATTS)
1-800-434-1235
🔴 Downed power lines: Stay at least 10 metres back and call 911 immediately.
🔴 Report flooding and spilling from a maintenance hole on the road, by calling the Emergency After-Hours Line at 705-326-4671

Trees and power lines are down all over and there is no power in the entire City of Orillia. The City is asking that residents stay in their homes and stay off the roads. #Orillia #onstorm #icestorm

In a time of hate / Love is an act of resistance In a time of fear / Faith is an act of resistance In a time of misinformation/ Education is an act of resistance In a time of poor leadership / Community is an act of resistance In a time like this / Joy is an act of resistance Resist. Resist. Resist.

Resist. Resist. Resist.

YouTube video by Jeff Douglas We Are Canadian

Because WE ARE CANADIAN

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Vote like your quality of life depends on it!

Vote today. Vote like your quality of life depends on it - because it does. Vote for health care, education, housing, and the green belt. Vote based on the party platforms, and not on emotion or blind partisanship. Vote for what you want for Ontario. Vote. #vote #electionsontario #amo #ontario

Hey #Orillia Ward 4: where would YOU like to see mobile speed display signs? Email me at jdurnford@orillia.ca, or leave a comment.

‼️ All public City of #Orillia facilities are closing for the day, as of 2:00 pm, due to inclement weather.‼️ Please be safe out there. Stay home if you can.

Please be advised that all City of Orillia Recreational Facilities will be closed as of 1:00 pm on Friday February 7th due to inclement weather. Facility are expected to resume regular operating hours on Saturday February 7th due 8, 2025.

‼️ All #Orillia recreation facilities are closed for the day, effective immediately, due to inclement weather. ‼️ Stay safe out there. ❄️❄️❄️

Good news Council update! On January 27th, Orillia Council unanimously supported a motion to make rental of the Council Chamber free for all local school boards and post-secondary schools. Early, meaningful civics education = lifelong engagement in democracy. #goodnews
#civicseducation #Orillia

Orillia City Council has sent a strong message to the Ford government that homelessness is a crisis, not a crime. We call on the province to work collaboratively to implement evidence-based solutions that uphold the rights, dignity, and safety of all members of our communities. #humanrights

A step too far.
We won’t kiss the ring.
We won’t be part of the gangster regime.

Doug Ford has done a deal with Elon Musk over starlink.

Pierre Poilievre is ready to do a deal with Elon Musk and Tesla.

Elon Musk is living with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.

Danielle Smith has been invited to Donald Trump's Inauguration.

Matt Elliott: Doug Ford wants you to focus on bike lanes and beer — and pay no attention to this, his biggest failure Like the Wizard of Oz, Ontario’s premier wants you to look away from what’s actually not happening in this province.

"Housing has been Ford’s signature issue — the subject of lots of legislation. He’s styled himself as a builder-in-chief who will 'get it done.' Things aren’t getting done, though. They’re not even getting started. Housing starts in Ontario are down 18% so far this year."

Organized opposition to use of the notwithstanding clause to meet the challenges of homelessness and addiction is growing.

Sounds like they may need involuntary residential treatment.

Democracy only functions when people step up to serve.
I thank municipal politicians, reeves and mayors for their service to their communities.
They deserve better than to be attacked by Pierre Poilievre.
He is a political arsonist who fights from the gutter and is totally unfit for public office.

“Homelessness is a world they never imagined..”

"You know, you're just a paycheque away from being #homeless,"

"It's like a revolving door — you're just spinning and spinning, and you don't know how you're going to get out."

Worrying about housing & #food makes it hard to focus on anything else.

On #NationalHousingDay, I stand among 71 Councillors against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments. Municipalities need resources and evidence-based solutions to address the humanitarian crisis of encampments — not the suspension of people's Charter rights.

Civil society is speaking up: four respected Canadian housing rights organizations have issued a joint statement against the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to clear encampments. Read it here: housingrightscanada.com/joint-statem...

I don't know who needs to hear this: 📢

People experiencing homelessness have been stigmatized forever. Having a home shouldn’t be a requirement to be treated with kindness, compassion, and understanding.
Be angry that we allow homelessness to exist, not at the person trying to survive. #Housing