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Orillia (Scott Fraser,Ont), 8 days ago

Great to see the article on kids for turtles and other volunteers picking up trash for earthday. Too bad that the teachers/administrators or students at Park Street didn't get involved. There is garbage fouling the boulevards, parking lot, school fences and neighbouring properties. Apparently there is no environmental awareness class at Park Street or is it better to just talk about it than to do something concrete.

trenton (Bill,nj), 16 days ago

To Bernie or Ernie whatever your name is.. the guy whining about plastic bags and fuel consumption: just so you know I will be idling my car in my driveway tonight as a tribute to you on earth day

Orillia (Jane Johnson,ON), 17 days ago

Murf on West St. Getting Safer every year! It's called 'dillution'. Who among us has not cleaned up a paintbrush with mineral spirits in a small tin can, looked left, then right, then poured it on a weed, or a bit of driveway gravel, for the rain to wash away? Have the opponents to the MURF on West (MOW) forgotten that for years NO new contaminents are being ADDED, rather, each year that passes, arguably the site becomes safer as more and more natural dillution occurs, IT CANNOT GET WORSE.... and while yes, there is some serious contamination 60 feet below the surface, have we forgotten the lowly turtle (living at ground zero!)? Thriving over the decades mucking around, still with just one head! And those employees who worked for 40 plus hours a week during the height of contamination, they continue to be productive and healthy memebers of our community. Are they all diseased and suffering? I think not. Our local health authorities may have noticed something by now, don't you think?
It is obvious there are about 300 people vehemently and vocally opposed to the MOW, however, it has been my experience over the past few years working as receptionist/administrator at my own company and now as an employee of another, that everyone coming into either business (when the topic arises) wants the MOW, fully understanding that there are always risks and escalating costs with a project of this magnitude. Also, it is not lost on anyone over the age of 30 that had Orillia had a liberal MPP, the approval process would have been completed by now. Farbeit for a Liberal bureuacrat to give a Conservative riding an easy go, it has always been thus. Nothing to do with safety whatsoever.
Please build the MURF ON WEST, and don't leave pollution for our children's children to deal with. Clean it up, build it proud, and those who feel that spending 1 or 6 hours a week is an extreme danger to their health, visit one of the fine facilities in our neighbouring Townships as they grow and prosper instead of Orillia!

Orillia (Clint Black,Ontario), 22 days ago

So Orillia city council got their “Wireless Revolution”. Ok, they’re getting fancy cell phones paid for, by us. Hmmm, weren’t some councilor already using cell phones and crack- berries? So the only thing that is different is who is paying their cell phone bill!

rama (jeremy williams,ont), 23 days ago

i was just trying to figure out how the Packet can write endless stories about the library (at least 1 a day), and a great piece of literature on the city buying a new street sweeper but only write 3 sentences on the body of a 20 year that was found by the lake. Nice reporting Packet, way to stay on top of the stories that matter.

Newspaper Reply It's a good question. We are limited to a large degree by what the Orillia OPP will tell us. In the case you mention, the police would only say "No foul play is suspected." That is usually the code police use when they are investigating a suicide. It is their policy to give no information in such cases. We believe that is wrong-headed, though well-intentioned, because such policies end up masking a very serious problem in our community and reinforcing the taboo and shame associated with it. I suggest a polite letter to the police, lobbying them to be more open with information about all investigations. In the meantime, we will continue to do our best with the limited information we are given. Mark Bisset, Managing Editor, The Packet & Times

Scarborough (Paul Davidson,Ontario), 28 days ago

On Thurs. Apr.10 we were visiting downtown Orilla to do some shopping as we have for many years after a trip to the casino. Our parking meter expired about 2 mins. before we got back to it. We were given a ticket from the parking guy. For a lousy $5 fine, businesses like the Mariposa Market and Webers are never going to see us again. Get you head out of the 18th century and allow people to spend there money in Orilla. We have spent a lot of time and money in Orilla but we won't be back. There was also a lot of cars besides us with tickets who we're sure felt the same way.
Don't want to hear how tourism is down and business in Orilla isn't very good. You do it by being oh so petty and Canadian!!!!
Paul & Linda Davidson

orillia (chris beneteau,ont), 1 month ago

i think it's time for the council to get over the murf and quit wasting the taxpayers money and move on.the province not going to allow the murf to be built on contaminated land,lets count our losses and move on to another location.mr orsi has offered up free land take it and build it,so maybe my 6yr old will be able to use the murf.

Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ken Hill,Ontario), 1 month ago

Betrayal

We must not look within ourselves. We may discover what we are becoming!

Moral judgement is the mirror, mirror image, on the wall, always lurking in our mind, like an alter-conscience, prepared to reveal the frightening truth, in our soul, such as the undeserved vengefulness, at any cost, wielded against smokers. Even betrayal, of the next generation, becomes palatable within self-betrayal.

This remorseless mental/emotional preying upon, our precious children, recklessly poisons their mind and spirit, under the government's pernicious slogan "health and safety."

By supporting anti-smoking, we endorse and promote Fascism, an historically proven scurvy upon humanity!

The inevitable shame, of our past actions, can still be averted, by rescinding this government agenda!

Brantford (Ernie,ON), 1 month ago

Good to know
The EVIL of plastic bags
Well over a billion single-use plastic bags are given out for free each day
The production of plastic bags requires petroleum and often natural gas, both non-renewable resources
The toxic chemical ingredients needed to make plastic produces pollution during the manufacturing process.

Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles, whales and other marine mammals die every year from eating discarded plastic bags mistaken for food. Turtles think the bags are jellyfish, their primary food source. Once swallowed, plastic bags choke animals or block their intestines, leading to an agonizing death.
Once pristine coral reefs off the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia now are coated with black plastic bags, hanging in the once pristine waters like dead fish until they settle on and strangle the ancient coral reef.
In a landfill, plastic bags take up to 1,000 years to degrade.
An estimated 8 billion pounds of plastic bags, wraps and
sacks enter the waste stream every year in the US alone
why not buy and use our own cloth bags

Brantford (Ernie,ON), 1 month ago

Re; Stephanie
How can you compare a 35 ton loaded truck to a less than 1 ton car?
How long does it take to stop a 35+ton truck?
think about it... truckers are no longer practicing safety driving it's all about getting as much mileage as possible: money!!!
The speed should be reduced to 55 mph or 88 km same as the U.S.national truck speed.
Did you know the faster a truck or car goes the more fuel it consumes per miles or kilometer: fact.
I am all for the reduction of pollution especially them smelly/polluting trucks
the sooner the better