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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) encourages businesses and individuals to voluntarily comply with the short-term restrictions introduced by the federal and provincial governments to combat the spread of COVID-19.
While education, awareness and compliance are preferred options, officers will apply discretion to lay charges under the provincial Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA)
Enforcement actions can include offences relating to:
·      operation...
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 Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital (OSMH) is seeking help from the community to increase quantities of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic.  As the hospital gets further into this pandemic and as guidelines change for PPE, the need for more supplies is growing.
Specifically the hospital is looking for:

• N95 Masks
  
• Surgical/Procedure Masks
  
• Isolation Gowns
  
• Sealed...
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The Orillia COVID-19 Assessment Centre will be reducing hours of operation on weekends.  The assessment centre will be open from 11 am – 3 pm on Saturday and Sunday moving forward. The assessment centre will continue to be operational from 11 am – 7 pm from Monday to Friday.  
You can stay up-to-date with any changes at the assessment centre by visiting: www.osmh.on.ca/covid-19  

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The City of Orillia is contributing $10,000 of its COVID-19 community assistance funds to the Sharing Place Food Centre to help supply food to the growing number of individuals and families in need during these challenging times.
Orillia Council established an emergency fund of $100,000 on March 20 to be distributed to critical lead service providers on an as-needed basis. The Sharing Place Food Centre is the first request for access to these emergency funds. The funds will...
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The City of Orillia has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend the employment of a portion of its workforce as a result of COVID-19.
The City of Orillia is taking a stepped approach in its response to COVID-19, which includes evaluating and scaling back its workforce as required. The workload for some City staff during the COVID-19 pandemic cannot justify continued employment by the municipality at this time, but we are continually monitoring the situation and...
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