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Orillia

American  
[aw-ril-yuh, oh-ril-] / ɔˈrɪl jə, oʊˈrɪl- /

noun

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


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OPP began investigating the woman in May after a report of theft when she worked at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, about 130km north of Toronto.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

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.

From Washington Post ● May 1, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023

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

From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2022

Orillia, just within the narrows, appears to have been a site more suited to the needs or tastes of the public.

From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding

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