March 2017 Archive

ODSS Bears at CWOSSA

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville District Secondary School Bears boys hockey team is finished for the season after taking a 5-0 loss in their semi-final ...

Otters swimmers achieve podium finish

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville Otters Swim Club sent 11 qualifying swimmers to the 2017 Spring Long Course Provincial Championships held at the Wayne Gretzky ...

Local Sword Master demonstrates a living tradition

By Brian Lockhart Orangeville resident and sword master Sensie Douglas Tong was invited to demonstrate at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s prestigious Haru Matsuri (Spring ...

Alliston wins Junior C conference title

By Brian Lockhart The Alliston Hornets claimed the Carruthers Division championship of the North Conference of the PJHL with a 6-5 overtime win over the ...

We all have a story to tell

By Tabitha Wells “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anaȉs Nin I was six or seven years old ...

Remove HST from all foods

It has now been more than 20 years since both Federal and Provincial sales taxes began being charged on some of the foods we eat. ...

Medicare vs health insurance

IS HEALTH INSURANCE really as ‘complicated” as Donald Trump contended recently while continuing to maintain that under his administration more Americans would be insured, get ...

Tribute to a colleague

By Constance Scrafield February 28 was Doug Skeates’ birthday. So, here’s to him: When Doug was finishing at Runnymede High School in Toronto, he says, ...

The syrup should be flowing

ONE COULD HARDLY IMAGINE worse weather for the opening weekend of a maple syrup festival than that experienced last Saturday and Sunday at Island Lake. ...

‘The Gentleman Clothier’ a unique experience for local theatre enthusiasts

By Constance Scrafield Say the members of the cast for the upcoming Theatre Orangeville production of Norm Foster’s The Gentleman Clothier: “This one is unique ...

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