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Grants available to help create age-friendly housing in region

Grants available to help create age-friendly housing in region

Program will fund projects that incorporate accessible, adaptable and inclusive designs, which allow seniors to continue to live independently
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Auxiliary recruits make history as first all-female class

Auxiliary recruits make history as first all-female class

'People will look at you as a role model. Think about what kind of role model you want to be,' urges police chief at ceremony
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Council green-lights changes that could reap return of produce stands

Council green-lights changes that could reap return of produce stands

'Now that they've changed the bylaw, we'll definitely start looking for a spot again,' says Trevor Hewitt, owner of popular produce stands
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Health unit reports 3 deaths, 15 more COVID patients hospitalized

Health unit reports 3 deaths, 15 more COVID patients hospitalized

Five COVID patients from Simcoe-Muskoka region are in ICUs, notes today's report from the health unit
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This week in OrilliaMatters+: Rejuvenate your yard and enter for a chance to win!

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Local students learn about sustainability, Indigenous culture by building birch bark canoe

Local students learn about sustainability, Indigenous culture by building birch bark canoe

'I’ve learned a lot. I like that I’m being taught things that I typically wouldn’t learn in school,' says Grade 9 Patrick Fogarty student
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'Very powerful statement' highlights local housing crisis

'Very powerful statement' highlights local housing crisis

'We absolutely need housing. We’re done with providing people with tents and we need to provide them roofs,' says shelter official
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Family of former Ontario premier proud of Simcoe County forest roots

Family of former Ontario premier proud of Simcoe County forest roots

Descendants of E.C. Drury, who helped establish forest program, were on hand in Oro-Medonte today to mark the 100th anniversary of the county forest
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Council OKs $15M line of credit to deal with possible cashflow issues

Council OKs $15M line of credit to deal with possible cashflow issues

It's a 'prudent protection measure to manage through temporary timing situations or urgent matters where short-term financing is required,' says city treasurer
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29 more deaths, 176 COVID patients in ICUs in Ontario update

29 more deaths, 176 COVID patients in ICUs in Ontario update

Since April 11, COVID-19 has been the cause of, or contributed to, the deaths of 398 people in Ontario
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