UPDATE: Due to the evolving COVID-19 situation, the Ontario government will be ordering at-risk workplaces to close-down, while encouraging businesses to explore opportunities to continue operations through work-from-home and innovative business models.
Here's a link below of the List of Essential Workplaces as March 23, 2020 8:00 P.M.by the Office of the Premier. For the purposes of this order, businesses include any-for-profit, non-profit or other entity providing the goods and services described herein. This does not preclude the provision of work and services by entities not on this list either online, by telephone or by mail/delivery. Note that teleworking and online commerce are permitted at all times for all businesses. Link to list: https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2020/03/list-of-essential-workplaces-2.html?fbclid=IwAR2nf_7EzBdJ0NNjhtnpuPuL9BHy5PJ_s-1kEkT_7CqpfPDRlFntwnqF9tQ
STAY UPDATED: Orillia & Area Businesses are posting on a special COVID-19 section that was just created on our www.ShopOrillia.com local directory here: www.Shoporillia.com/COVID-19/
We've create a Red Button/Link to help Local businesses let you know if they are Open, Closed, Have Special Hours or the way they are operating during this time of Social Distancing due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Please try your best to continue to support local businesses and shop local! They need you now more than ever!
How to make a post in this section of our local directory? Log into your FREE listing and make a post related to your business and any of these words in your content: COVID, Corona, Virus, Quarantine, Isolation, Pandemic, Shutdown, Distancing, Cancel. Login here: www.ShopOrillia.com/Login
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Shop Local cause Amazon won't sponsor your kids Ball Team. Plain and simple Local business are the ones giving back to your community. So please support Local Business owners! If you're a Local Business Owner please Tag your business and tag an organization or cause you support!! #ShopLocally #SupportLocal
SCAM ALERT: RCMP Warns of New Credit Card Scam. You get a call on your landline usually early in the morning from a person who claims to be working in the security and fraud department of your bank or credit card company. They've supposedly flagged your account due to unusual purchase activity overnight and are calling to find out whether your card has been compromised. They then ask if you've made a particular purchase; once you reply that you haven't, they assure you they will credit your account for the amount. To verify the credit, the caller recites your home address (correctly) and says you can call the 1-800 number on the back of your card later if you have questions. Finally, they ask you to prove that you are in possession of the credit card by asking you to read out the three- or four-digit CVV (Card Verification Value) security number on the back of your card. After you do this, they respond that you are correct, thank you and hang up. Unfortunately, the caller now has all the information required your name, address, card number and CVV to commit CNP fraud. The Call-back request: The caller may ask you to call the 1-800 number on the back of your card to prove to you the call is legit. When you hang up, however, the call is not immediately disconnected because there is a 5 to 25 second disconnect delay on landline calls in Canada. To really fool you, the caller even plays a recording of a dial tone to make you think you are placing a new call but make no mistake the scammers are still on the line. When they answer" your call, they redirect you to an imposter who may ask you to transfer funds to an external, supposedly safer", bank account (that belongs to them) while the investigation" is taking place.
Financial fraud is on the rise in Canada, with scammers finding new ways to take advantage of our collective trusting nature. In 2018 alone, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre received more than 60,000 fraud complaints with total losses of $103.9 million up nearly 24% from 2016. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, considering the CFAC estimates less than 5% of all fraud is reported. The bank investigator scam is one of the more common frauds taking place in Canada. 1. Protect Yourself 2. You've Been ScammedNow What?! Here's an article you really should read: www.greedyrates.ca/blog/rcmp-warns-of-new-credit-card-scam
BREAKING NEWS: The City of Orillia Council says "YES" to Uber and Lyft. After more that 1 year of receiving an Uber Petition, The City of Orillia Council voted to allow Uber and Lyft, to operate in Orillia. - One of the Uber Petition concerns expressed by the public was about long wait times for a taxicab, particularly at night from licensed bars and restaurants. It has been suggested that the wait times can be in excess of 1 or 2 hours. An online petition (Orillia Uber Petition) outlining these concerns and requesting Uber operate in Orillia was created approximately a year ago. - What was the holdup? One of the holdups was that The City's by-law requires all new taxicab drivers and TNC Drivers to undergo a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) prior to commencement as a driver within the City. Once a driver is registered, only a standard Criminal Record Check (CRC) is required for that driver to operate in subsequent years. Read more here, in OrilliaMatters.com's Feb. 3rd, 2020 Article by Dave Dawson: www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/breaking-news-city-council-gives-a-green-light-to-uber-2068021
