Orillia

[aw-ril-yuh, oh-ril-]

noun

1. a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada.

Example Sentences

In 2002, shortly before taking the stage in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario, Mr. Lightfoot collapsed and was near death during a six-week coma because of an aneurysm in his abdominal aorta.

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Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was born Nov. 17, 1938, in Orillia, Ontario, about 80 miles north of Toronto.

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His mother noticed Gordon humming himself to sleep as a child, and both parents encouraged his innate musical talent, expressed early on when he joined the choir of the United Church in Orillia.

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The Orillia, Ontario native rose to fame in the early 1960s after a move to Toronto opened doors in the thriving Yorkville music scene, and hooked him up with fellow folk musician Ian and Sylvia Tyson.

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However, a Canadian evangelical leader — the Rev. Paul Carter, lead pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Orillia, Ontario — says such fears are likely overblown.

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