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Your family has many connections in Orillia going back a generation or two, maybe more. Could you tell us a bit about your family and their contributions to […]
If there was one thing that you could change about Orillia, what would it be? More inclusiveness. I still see a divide here that was present when I […]
You have a host of interests and causes including, the Orillia Youth Centre, Lighthouse Men’s Shelter, Ripple of Kindness, Orillia and Area of Physician Recruitment & Retention, Mariposa […]
If there was one thing that could change about Orillia, what would that be? Making the downtown more people-friendly, but there’s not one thing that does that. It’s […]
I hear you’re something of a local historian, what’s your favourite aspect of Orillia’s history? Well, I started when I first came to town and I was an […]
If you could change one thing about Orillia with a magical wand, what would it be? I don’t think I would change anything about Orillia to be honest. […]
As an immigrant from Pakistan, what were your first impressions of Orillia? As an immigrant from Pakistan, I’d actually been to the U.S., several states in the U.S., and […]
In the 15 years you’ve been teaching here, with the advent of social media and smartphones, have you noticed any changes in the way students learn, take in […]
If there were one thing you could change about Orillia, what would it be? I think I would change how tourists see it. A lot of tourists who […]
I’m Becca Shron, I’m the co-op student/intern at the Orillia Museum of Art and History and I’m from the Georgian College Museums program. Were you born in Orillia? […]
If there was one thing you would change, if you had a magic wand and you could change one thing about Orillia, what would that be? I think […]
My name is Raquel Ness, I am born and raised in Orillia, I’m a lawyer here – I own my own law firm called Ness Law – and […]
