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Orangeville Council approves emergency relief initiatives

Orangeville Council has approved a relief package for residents, as well as property and business owners. After declaring an emergency in the Town of Orangeville on March 20, Council took action, in a special meeting today, to waive all fees and interest related to late payment of property taxes (on all tax classes) for a three-month period, in response to COVID-19. The next tax due date is April 27, for the second instalment of the interim tax levy. Tax payments will continue to be accepted...

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Town closes play equipment/play structures to stem spread of COVID-19

In order to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Town is posting signage at all parks warning residents to keep their children off all play equipment/play structures. This equipment is not sanitized, presenting a risk to those using the equipment to contract or spread the virus.

Parks will remain open, and residents are welcome to make use of the open space while maintaining social distancing and keeping up with handwashing/sanitizing after contact with any type of park equipment, such as benches,...

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Town of Orangeville declares emergency

The Town of Orangeville has declared a State of Emergency in response to COVID-19.

The declaration gives the Town more flexibility during an emergency, including access to additional resources. It does not change the regulations and procedures that exist to ensure the municipality operates effectively and the Town will continue to provide essential services.  

Currently most of the Town’s services remain available on-line or over-the-phone and are outlined on the Town’s website on a special COVID-19...

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Headwaters Health Care Centre has opened a COVID-19 Assessment Centre

Update: Effective April 4, the COVID-19 Assessment Centre hours of operation are  8 a.m. – 6 p.m., accepting the last patient at 5:30 p.m

.As of March 19, the COVID-19 Assessment Centre is open and will operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week and will be staffed by local family physicians and team members from home and community care, primary care and the hospital. Please note that it will stop accepting new patients at 7 p.m. It will be a self-contained, semi-permanent, hard-sided...

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Town of Orangeville takes further steps to contain virus and protect public

To minimize the risk to residents and staff and to help prevent the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Town of Orangeville will close the remaining offices and buildings to the public tomorrow at 12 p.m.

The Orangeville Fire Hall and fire prevention offices will close to the public, effective March 18. The Town Hall, where hours were reduced to weekday mornings this week, will close to the public, effective March 18 at 12 p.m.

Most services will continue to be offered to the public -- by phone,...

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Orangeville to close more municipal offices and adjust public hours in response to COVID-19

As part of the Town of Orangeville’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Town is announcing a reduction in service hours at Town Hall and the restriction of public access to more municipal buildings.

Effective tomorrow morning:

• Customer service hours at Town Hall at 87 Broadway will be reduced to 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
• The Small Business Enterprise Centre, by-law officers, and the Divisions of Communication and Economic Development and Culture at 200 Lakeview Court will be closed to public...

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Town closing some facilities as part of COVID-19 response

Today, the Town of Orangeville is announcing a number of municipal closures that will take effect as of 6 p.m. on March 14. All recreation facilities and libraries will be closed. In addition, all Council and Committee meetings, public consultations and public gatherings will also be closed until April 6. The Town will also close the Orangeville Town Hall Opera House and the Orangeville & District Senior Citizens Centre.

Currently other Town facilities will remain open but visitors will be asked...

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March Break library programs cancelled

The Orangeville Public Library is cancelling all programs and events next week including the March Break (March 16-21) programs. The library will offer a full refund for any tickets that have already been purchased for March Break live performances.

Today, the Upper Grand District School Board informed the library that the school venue (Princess Elizabeth Public School) is no longer available for the March Break performances.  In addition, Ontario's chief medical officer of health is recommending...

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Town monitoring COVID-19 situation

The Town of Orangeville is closely monitoring information with respect to COVID-19. Town managers have met and are following the guidelines provided by Health Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.

At this time, the Public Health Agency of Canada has assessed the public health risk associated with COVID-19 as low for the general population in Canada but this could change rapidly. The Health Canada website has more information about the risk to Canadians,...

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Closure of a municipal facility means it's not open to the public

In its latest move to contain the spread of COVID-19, the Town of Orangeville shut down some recreation areas — and is prepared to enforce those closures in the interest of public health and safety.Signage and tape or barricades have been put in place to provide notice that many Town-owned amenities have been closed. To be specific, the following are closed until further notice:

1. Playgrounds including play structures, swings, teeter-totters, benches, slides and climbers
2. Skateparks closed to...

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New transit app allows riders to track their bus

Orangeville Transit riders will now be able to find out exactly where their bus is and when it will reach their stop, with the new Orangeville Bus Tracker app.

The new app works through an an AVL (Auto Vehicle Location) system to track the live locations of buses. This lets users know exactly how far a bus is from any given stop at any time.

The app asks riders to select their stop, or alternatively, to select their route first, and then loads a list of the stops from which to select. The app will...

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Heritage Week marked by Historical Photography Exhibit February 18-21

Mayor Sandy Brown has proclaimed February 17-23, 2020 as Heritage Week in Orangeville. The 2020 theme is “2020 Vision: Bringing the Past into the Future”

Everyone is invited to view and enjoy Orangeville’s Heritage Week Photography Exhibition. The Historical Photography Exhibition will be in the Town Hall Atrium and available for viewing from February 18-21, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibit will be open until 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 20.

During Heritage Week 2020, communities across Canada are...

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