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COLUMN:
Slightly spooky stories: UFOs — Part 2
Columnist shares story of her 'close encounter' with a metal object the size of a minivan that had flashing lights, hovered, and then 'zipped away'
Oct 14, 2023 7:00 PM
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COLUMN:
Slightly spooky stories: UFOs — Part 1
From skepticism to excitement, extraterrestrial activity was hot topic in 1970s as Orillia Packet & Times reporter cheekily discovered
Oct 7, 2023 7:00 PM
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REMEMBER THIS:
When Lightfoot was underestimated
Before Lightfoot became a musical icon, charging $60 to perform was 'far too expensive' for local business
May 13, 2023 12:58 PM
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COLUMN:
Lake Simcoe was once the Highway 400 of steam shipping
Historian Mary Harris details captain Charles McInnes's exploits in the late 1800s and early 1900s aboard the Islay, originally known as the steamer, Orillia
May 1, 2022 8:30 AM
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In late 1800s, Oro lad was known as the 'Terror of Simcoe'
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Sandy McDuff left a path of terror in Coldwater, Jarratt and wherever there was a pub serving whisky, becoming 'the stuff of legends'
Jan 15, 2022 7:00 PM
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Seal, serpent or devil: What lurks in the lake?
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History buff Mary Harris delves deeper into the legend of a mythical creature living in Lake Simcoe ... or was it Lake Couchiching?
Jun 15, 2019 6:30 PM
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The boy and the gallows: Part 3
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In the end, outraged community ensured justice was done as peculiar youth was found guilty in murder of old man
Dec 28, 2018 12:30 PM
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The boy and the gallows: Part 2
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Murder in 1945 set Orillia abuzz! Lake Couchiching was scoured in fruitless search for weapons
Dec 27, 2018 12:30 PM
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The boy and the gallows: Part one
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Looking back at the horrific murder of Orillia's Freeman Walker and the last man hanged at the Barrie jail
Dec 26, 2018 12:30 PM
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