Downtown Orillia Bummer

04/18/2026

https://www.change.org/Orillia_Reduce_Parking_Rates_Free_Parking

Lower parking rates and provide free parking in Orillia

08/26/2025

so relevant still to this day

07/17/2025

Retired Atlanta resident Nicky Crawford converted a school bus into a mobile laundry and shower unit, offering hygiene and dignity to the homeless—one wash and shower at a time.

07/15/2025

07/15/2025

Why can't we have a Wab Kinew as premier.?..but we do have wonderful asylum seekers/recent immigrants. Most us were immigrants/settlers in the recent past/last 400 years.

07/14/2025

𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲, 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲'𝘀 '𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻' 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗿, 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 "𝗘𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁 '𝗘𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗹, 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗸" 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 The City of Barrie, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 Mayor Alex Nuttall https://www.fivepointsmedia.ca/barrie-mayor-alexander-nuttall-exposed.html

📢 Recent numbers from Toronto show that homelessness has more than doubled in just three years. On a single day, over 15,000 people were counted as having no home, and that's only one city. This isn’t just a big-city issue. New reports from rural Nova Scotia show rising homelessness there too, and similar trends are showing up in towns and cities across Canada.
The reality is, people all over the country are having a harder time finding and keeping a place to live. More and more are turning to shelters, and too many are slipping through the cracks.
As the new federal government prepares its first budget, one thing is clear: tackling homelessness needs to be a national priority. We already know what can help, we just need serious leadership and proper funding to make it happen.
If you want a Canada where everyone has a safe and affordable home, this is the moment to speak up. Share this message, contact your Member of Parliament, and call for a budget that puts housing and homelessness at the top of the list.

07/07/2025

ditto for Ontario. We know what to do and yet? 😔

87 lives lost in one month.

These aren’t just numbers.

These are people who loved and were loved. They were our friends, our family, our neighbours.

A range of supports. Permanent supportive housing. Expanded treatment options. We know the solutions. We just need a government with the will to act.

07/04/2025

Time for City hall to step up! Provide the space for Lighthouse Outreach instead of ticketing them in city parking lots.

Orillia - city centre Parkette for Daily Lighthouse Outreach for Homeless

07/03/2025

Same for Orillia; mayor, councillor toured structured tiny home encampment in Kitchener 2 years ago and nothing still. Won't allow car living, won't allow tents on city property overnight, won't allow sleeping on sidewalk uncovered...what are people to do?

06/26/2025

DOBIA business members are invited to a special information session with the OPP on Thursday June 26th at 5pm on the second floor at 23 Mississaga Street West. Please be advised that this information session is intended for DOBIA business members.