October 2019 Archive

Local agencies to benefit from overhaul of Ontario’s health care bureaucracy

By Mike Baker Eight months on from the Ford government’s announcement of plans to overhaul Ontario’s health care system, service providers in Dufferin-Caledon feel our ...

DCAFS now at ‘crisis point’ due to lack of foster parents

By Brian Lockhart Not everyone has a stable home life. When trauma or a family disruption occurs, it is sometimes necessary to temporarily take a ...

Efforts underway to reduce poverty in Dufferin County

By James Matthews Service agencies and stakeholder groups have come together to work toward alleviating poverty in Dufferin County. Anna McGregor, the county’s director of ...

OPS trending to come in under budget in 2019 says Chief Kalinski

By Mike Baker Police Chief Wayne Kalinski has this week sought to set the record straight following claims that the Orangeville Police Service (OPS) would ...

Editorial – Too many open microphones

MONDAY NIGHT’S LEADERS’ DEBATE may well go down in history as the worst ever, at least in modern times. As many observers have pointed out, ...

Editorial – We’ve lots to be thankful for

ONE THING OUR POLITICIANS seem to agree on is that there are many things wrong in Canada today, whether it be budget deficits, too-high taxes, ...

Preparing for long term care

By Sandy Brown The number of seniors in Canada is growing at a rapid pace and for the first time in Canadian history, seniors outnumber ...

Thinking outside the box

By Brian Lockhart The phrase to ‘think outside of the box’ was a term that made its way into the general lexicon a few decades ...

What stirs the heart

By Constance Scrafield Just wrote the feature with Theatre Orangeville about this new season of plays and there is a theme of family and, as ...

Right vs Left

By Doug Skeates Life consists of the many times one must make decisions, a daily basis.  Seldom does either one way or the other really ...

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