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Orillia. / 44.60417°N 79.42389°W / 44.60417; -79.42389. Orillia ( / əˈrɪliə /) [6] is a city in Ontario, Canada, about 30 km (18 mi) north-east of Barrie in Simcoe County. It is located at the confluence of Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe. Although it is geographically located within Simcoe County, the city is a single-tier ...
In 1895, the Association changed its name to the Orillia Public Library. Library membership was fee-based, and before 1911 there were around 300 members. In March 1909, the Orillia Times newspaper began to publish debates and opinion pieces regarding applying for a Carnegie library grant. The grant would allow for the Orillia Public Library to ...
Tudhope Building is a multi-use building with western wing home to Orillia City Council since 1997 [1] while the eastern wing is used as condominiums and as a satellite location for Lakehead University. [2] From 1909 to 1990s it was a manufacturing facility. The building is named for James Brockett Tudhope, who founded the Tudhope Motor Company ...
Orillia Secondary School. / 44.6159; -79.4254. Orillia Secondary School, was established in 2015, following the 2013 merger of Orillia District Collegiate & Vocational Institute and Park Street Collegiate Institute. The school has a population of about 1,115 students. The new school building was built between 2014 and 2016, and is equipped with ...
A 1980-1982. The Orillia Terriers were a Canadian senior ice hockey team from Orillia, Ontario, Canada that competed in the OHA Senior A from 1966 to 1979, [1] and represented in the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League from 1979 to 1981 ( Intermediate A) by the Orillia Travelways, [2] and for the 1981-82 season by the Orillia Terriers in the ...
Charlie Walker, father of the Rolling Hills Zoo and creator of Blue Beacon Truck Wash, is a 2023 Kansas Business Hall of Fame inductee. Salina businessman Charlie Walker will be inducted into ...
Bluetooth beacons are hardware transmitters — a class of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) devices that broadcast their identifier to nearby portable electronic devices. The technology enables smartphones, tablets and other devices to perform actions when in close proximity to a beacon. Bluetooth beacons use Bluetooth Low Energy proximity sensing to ...
Song for the Commonwealth. A song was written to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee and was sung alongside the lighting of the Beacons around the UK and across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Resounds, hundreds of choirs joined to sing A Life Lived with Grace. The song was put together after a call for lyrics and subsequent ...