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Abandoned building to be demolished for public safety
Posted on Monday, October 07, 2013 05:15 AM
The City of Orillia’s Abandoned Properties Project Team has identified 116 Colborne St. E. for demolition Monday Oct. 7, 2013.
The house at 116 Colborne St. E. has been vacant since 2001 and the building has deteriorated significantly. During this time, City staff have boarded up windows and entrances in attempts to make the house secure.
In April 2013, the City’s Chief Building Official (CBO) placed an Unsafe Order on 116 Colborne St. E. The Building Code Act allows the CBO to place an Unsafe...
Nordia opens Orillia call centre to serve Bell residential customers in Ontario and Québec
Posted on Wednesday, October 02, 2013 07:00 AM
Nordia Inc., one of the largest bilingual call centre operators in North America, has acquired the assets and lease of a call centre in Orillia, Ontario, formerly operated by TeleTech. Under the agreement, TeleTech will continue to use a portion of the facility to provide services to existing customers, while Nordia will take over management of the centre. Nordia is now hiring new customer service representatives in order to begin training this week.
“We are excited to acquire this first class...
Annual Fire Hydrant Inspection Program 2013
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 10:00 AM
The City of Orillia, Water and Sewer Division will be conducting their annual fire hydrant inspection program. This involves the flushing, draining and testing of all municipally owned hydrants in the City. This preventive maintenance measure is necessary to ensure that the hydrants are functional if needed by the Fire Department during the winter months. Under normal circumstances, the complete procedure takes no longer than 15 minutes per hydrant and approximately 30 hydrants are completed...
Preventing kitchen fires focus of Fire Prevention Week 2013
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 08:00 AM
Unattended cooking is the leading cause of house fires and injuries in Ontario. The Orillia Fire Department is raising awareness on how to prevent kitchen fires during Fire Prevention Week 2013, which runs from Oct. 6 to 12 in Orillia.
“The best way to prevent kitchen fires is to never leave cooking unattended,” said Orillia Fire Chief Ralph Dominelli. “Often when we're called to a fire that started in the kitchen, the residents tell us that they only left the kitchen for a few minutes. Sadly,...
Bellchambers, Davenport and Nosworthy receive Order of Orillia
Posted on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 07:45 AM
Christopher Bellchambers, Mike Davenport and Betty Nosworthy were presented the Order of Orillia by the City of Orillia’s Commemorative Awards Committee at a special ceremony Sept. 30, 2013.
“The Order of Orillia provides the City an opportunity to acknowledge our community’s finest volunteers,” said Mayor Angelo Orsi. “These three individuals are being honoured for their long-term commitment to volunteerism. Our community is filled with Order of Orillia recipients in the making and we look...
