Get back to nature, or even to your backyard with our $500 Camping Gear Galore Giveaway! You could be enjoying nights under the stars and making memories with this great summer pastime. +Members can enter for a chance to win the $500 Camping Gear Galore Giveaway Contest. Be sure to answer the poll question for an extra entry. +Members can enter daily, contest closes July 31 at 11:59 pm.
Congratulations to last month's winner Anastasia L., winner of our great gas card giveaway!
A little girl from Garden River First Nation vanished without a trace after being taken to a Thunder Bay residential school. More than a century later, a relative has finally pieced together her tragic story. James Hopkin tells Emma's story in our latest Big Read.
Join hosts Scott Sexsmith and Michael Friscolanti and go Inside the Village new podcast. You can check out all full length video episodes here. New episodes go live every Wednesday night. Look for it across the Village Media network, wherever you get your podcasts or get audio only versions here.
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Watch for the latest episode of Up Close & Personal where host Scott Sexsmith will be joined by former anchor of The National on CBC Wendy Mesley and long time Toronto morning radio show host, Maureen Holloway. Wendy and Maureen have recently teamed up to launch a new podcast called The Women of Ill Repute. We talk about that and so much more.
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From the newsroom
A downtown Orillia restaurant continues to take risks and follow a bold direction. Check out Nathan Taylor’s food and drink column on PICNIC.
While many people celebrated Canada Day last week, it wasn’t exactly a celebration for many Indigenous people. Check out local elder Jeff Monague’s column on the forgotten story of Canada’s roots.
