Fitzgerald’s Orillia summer
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Stephen Leacock is not the only celebrated man of letters to spend long summer days fishing, swimming and boating in Lake Couchiching. In 1907, one year before Leacock bought the lakeside property he called Brewery Bay, F. Scott Fitzgerald spent the month of July at a boys camp on the lake. Ten [...]
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Goalies steal the show
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Goaltender Brandon Noble played an outstanding game and the Rama Hammond Kings got by the Brampton Excelsiors 3-2 on Friday night in their home opener at the Rama MASK. Noble didn’t get a lot of goal support from the offence in the exceptionally low-scoring affair, but stopped 47 of the 49 [...]
Ceremony years in the making; Ribbon-cutting held two years after water plant upgrade finished
Sometimes it's hard to get together. But later is better than never. Government officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to mark the completion of $9.4 million in upgrades to Orillia's water filtration plant - two years after the work was completed. It's been a challenge to get federal [...]
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The MURF: A brief history
Posted by Teviah Moro
Since the word "MURF" first entered the Orillia lexicon, The Packet & Times has published more than 1,000 articles and letters on the subject. The (...)
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books: underdog writer claims leacock medal for humour
It’s a Cinderella story that will thrill both aspiring authors and the growing self-publishing industry: Terrry Fallis is the winner of the 2008 [..]
Wed, 30 Apr 2008