November 2019 Archive

Heritage Committee seeking historic photos for display

By Mike Baker Orangeville’s Heritage Committee is looking for something of a helping hand from the public as it prepares to honour the community’s rich ...

Christmas on the horizon, as arts take centre stage

By Constance Scrafield When it comes to talking about the arts in Orangeville, there is always plenty to say and Christmas in town is a ...

Police remind local residents to lock cars

After several reports of thefts from vehicles last week, the Orangeville Police Service has reminded residents to lock their vehicles or risk losing valuables. On ...

Westside wins CWOSSA volleyball title

By Brian Lockhart The Westside Secondary School Thunder senior boys volleyball team will be competing at the provincial level at OFSAA after coming out on ...

EDITORIAL: Patient-centred health care

IT WILL PROBABLY BE some time before Ontario residents will have a good handle on the success or failure of the latest overhaul of health-care ...

EDITORIAL: We ain’t seen nothing yet

AS EVERYONE KNOWS, snow and cold have arrived early in this part of Canada, with several rounds of historic, winter-like cold weather. And om Monday, ...

There’s no hope left to go around

By Laura Campbell You know, we used to worry about nuclear holocaust, and then the Cold War ended, and all is well now…. don’t worry ...

Homelessness

By Brian Lockhart I read an interesting but rather sad story recently penned by a Toronto Star reporter. It detailed the life and sad ending ...

A matter of self-esteem

By Constance Scrafield We had a very interesting conversation with Travis Greeley this week. He is engaged as the only male employee at Family Transition ...

News that isn’t news

By Gwynne Dyer As British newspaper magnate Viscount Northcliffe said: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. ...

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