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My name is Ted Reeve and I’m the Coordinating Minister here at St. Paul’s Centre. I came to Orillia five years ago, initially on a contract, and have […]
If there was one thing about Orillia you could change, what would it be? If I could change one thing about Orillia it would be that the main […]
If you could change one thing about Orillia, what would it be? Oh, that is a tough one, but I think the big thing that would really help […]
What made you want to become involved in local politics? That is a very big question. To try to simplify the answer for you, I essentially saw that […]
Do you have any particular memories of growing up in Orillia as a kid? Oh yeah there’s tons! I’d say a big one was going for bike rides. […]
My name’s Mason Ainsworth and I’m a councillor in the City of Orillia and I’m on my second term on council so this is year five of me […]
What is one thing that you would change about Orillia if you could wave a magic wand? Were I in charge of Orillia.. When we were in Toronto I […]
You and your partner Bewabon Shilling, founded a local art initiative called Birdbath Collaboration in 2010. Can you talk to us a bit about how it came about […]
My name is Tanya Cunnington, I am an artist, and I’m also the owner and director of Lee Contemporary Art Gallery. I was born up in Northern Ontario but […]
Do you see yourself leaving Orillia and/or moving back in later life? Definitely yeah, I definitely see myself leaving Orillia. I’m sure I’ll come back. One of the […]
Can you tell us how you became Director of the Orillia Youth Centre? Growing up in the States, my best friend’s dad was in the Canadian Navy, at […]
Orillia just celebrated its 150th anniversary a couple of years ago and we got letters from all kinds of different municipalities around the county and further all the […]
