August 2016 Archive

Toronto’s phony budget ‘crunch’

AN EDITORIAL in Monday’s Toronto Star was more interesting for something left out than for its overall theme, mainly the need for more revenue to ...

The biggest guns

Once there was a very spoilt little boy named D****, whose wealthy father owned lots of guns – big, small, really dangerous and radically dangerous. ...

Learning from Mike Harris?

BUDGET-WISE it may well be another case, as Yogi Berra once said, of “Déjà vu all over again.” Word out of Queen’s Park is that ...

Christian Perspectives – Are We True Disciples?

In John 8:31-32 Jesus said to those Jews who believed in Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you ...

Let’s all speak out against domestic violence

In Response to article in Citizen on July 28, re motorcycle ride on Aug. 20: We can no longer close our eyes to abuse. There ...

Lack of local bylaws deplored

The following open letter to David Crombie, chair, advisory committee and Bill Mauro, Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs, was submitted for publication: In June, 2006, ...

‘An example of how not to write’

You do relaize that Rob Bredin’s article “Racializing Justice” (Citizen, August 4) makes zero sense. I have read it over a few times now, and ...

Bridging You Home ‘a positive program’

My mother turned 87 and had a knee replacement done. She still lives in her own home, drives, and is very active. I learned about ...

Snap A bumble bee

You can help save the bees Friends of the Earth Canada is calling on residents of Orangeville to join the Great Canadian Bumble Bee Count ...

Thank you, Orangeville!

The Sanderson family would like to send out a sincere thank-you to the Town of Orangeville. Terry Sanderson proudly stands outside his “Second Home” — ...

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