http://www.orilliapacket.comRecent Local Newsen-usCopyright: (c) 2008 www.orilliapacket.com, All rights reserved.http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025402Water levels remain high, but the Trent-Severn Waterway is expected to open as scheduled at 9 a.m. this Friday to launch the Victoria Day long weekend. "It looks like Mother Nature is co-operating," said Jack Alexander, the system's director of operations. There was concern [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025402http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025403Get used to the three-minute rule. City politicians have backed a proposed bylaw to restrict the amount of time motorists can let their vehicles idle. "It's a positive step forward in terms of reducing pollutants and protecting people's health," Marina Whelan, health hazards manager [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025403http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025404Quinn Thomson came into the world just in time for Mother's Day - and the opening of the newly renovated birthing unit at Soldiers' Memorial Hospital. Workers moved the last of the equipment to the new unit Saturday, and Quinn was born to proud first-time parents Sheri [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025404http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025405Two men assaulted in their north-end home on the weekend were attacked with a baseball bat, police say. Orillia OPP responded Saturday morning to a house on Laclie Street where someone had entered while two male residents, both in their early 20s, were asleep. [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025405http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025438The Twin Lakes Second- ary School Thunderbirds finished the senior boys rugby season with another dom- inant performance Monday, beating Patrick Fogarty Cath- olic Secondary School 65-0. It's been a great season for the Thunderbirds, who pounded Park Street Collegiate Institute 56-0 last week and St. Theresa's [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025438http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025425Tim Hortons management in London suffered a short brain cramp this week, followed by the resumption of intelligent brain-wave activity. Unfortunately, the cramp and resumption did not occur inside the same cranium. In fact, it's sad enough the cramp occurred in the first place. [...]Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1025425http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023847Mark Obee pitched a gem as the Orillia Montana's Majors topped the Barrie Red Sox 2-1 in their home opener on a cloudy Sunday afternoon at Tudhope Park. The Majors managed just two base hits as a shaky Red Sox defence allowed both Majors runs to be [...]Mon, 12 May 2008 07:30:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023847http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023805The word "bittersweet" was being tossed around Saturday during the 30th and last D-Day Dodgers reunion in Orillia. "It's bitter because we've noticed, as the years go on, time catches up with us. It's sweet because you are here," Colin Wackett, acting president of the Royal Canadian Legion, branch [...]Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023805http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023806The Couchiching Conservancy was "planting seeds" for the future on the weekend by educating children through its Mother Earth Day celebrations. Sun and warmth once again helped make the annual event at Grant's Woods, on Division Road, a hit with both kids and adults Saturday. [...]Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023806http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023807Orillia could soon join the ranks of Canadian cities fighting smog with restrictions placed on vehicle idling if city politicians support a proposed bylaw tonight. The city's public works department is recommending council restrict the amount of time motorists can let their vehicles idle to three minutes. [...]Mon, 12 May 2008 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1023807