June 3, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Flags at Town of Orangeville facilities have been lowered as a sign of collective mourning of the remains of 215 children found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. The flags will remain lowered until June 8 for a total of 215 hours, one hour for each child.
Coun. Lisa Post, who sits on the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, put a motion forward during a Council meeting on Monday (May 31), requesting that the flag remain lowered for the 215 hours, which was unanimously supported.
Flags on all federal buildings are being flown at half-mast and communities across the country are dedicating tributes to the Indigenous children who never made it home.
April 29, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
The Liberal Party of Canada recently announced Orangeville Councillor Lisa Post has been acclaimed as their candidate for the Dufferin–Caledon riding in the next federal election.
Post announced her intention to run under the Liberal Party banner last December and told the Citizen she is unbelievably excited for the opportunity to campaign in the Dufferin–Caledon riding, having a long family history in the area.
“I’m a little at a loss for words. This is something where I’ve been waiting for the moment to come and now that it’s here, I’m still a little speechless about it, it feels a little surreal,” she said. “But I’m really excited and I’m really honoured for the opportunity to represent our community in this way.”
April 15, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Following consultations with affected homeowners, Orangeville Council voted 6-1 in favour of not constructing a sidewalk on Faulkner Street at their Monday (April 12) meeting.
Out of the 25 houses that would be directly impacted by the proposed sidewalk, 18 sent comments to the Town and of those, 16 did not want the sidewalk, while two were in favour.
Former Orangeville councillor Sylvia Bradley brought forward a petition and made a plea to Council last November for a sidewalk to be constructed along Faulkner Street, due to safety concerns, and again made her case before Town Council at their April 12 meeting.
April 15, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Safety measures are being taken by the Town of Orangeville along Oak Ridge Drive after an impaired driver crashed into a resident’s front lawn last month.
A joint motion brought forward by Coun. Lisa Post and Coun. Todd Taylor at a Council meeting on April 12 was passed, which will see a portable speed sign installed at Oak Ridge Drive between Island Lake Public School and the street’s hairpin bend.
A sign is also to be installed; warning of the bend on the north side of the road near Graham Crescent.
“There was an incident that happened on Oak Ridge Drive and Coun. Taylor and I went and spoke with a lot of the residents in the area,” Coun. Lisa Post recalled. “The residents in the area understand that these safety measures that we’re moving forward tonight wouldn’t have stopped that one incident, but what does happen when an incident like this… happens i
By Sam Odrowski
Orangeville Coun. Lisa Post and her family contracted COVID-19 in late March and are happy to share, they’ve since recovered.
Coun. Post’s husband got a phone call on March 27 notifying him that he was a close contact to a new case of COVID-19 at work, which led to an instant lockdown of their home and the start of an isolation period.
The following evening, Coun. Post’s husband started developing symptoms, which had a rapid onset, she noted.
“The symptoms were pretty fast and furious… he went from having kind of a low-grade fever to having full flu like symptoms,” Coun. Post told the Citizen.