April 2021 Archive
Amaranth man charged with stunt driving in Mono
On April 18, 2021, at approximately 4:16 p.m., an officer from the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged a driver for stunt ...
Being Disabled/Handicapped Is not a 9 to 5 condition
I have noticed that once 5 o’clock p.m. comes that many of the handicapped parking spots are filled with cars that do not have handicap ...
Open Letter to Sylvia Jones re: paid sick days
Dear Ms. Jones, I have some genuine questions that I would like to ask you: how many paid sick days do you have as a ...
My Dilemma with Earth Day and Earth Hour
By Martina Rowley Of course, I love Earth Day! I am an environmentalist through and through, often to my own chagrin when I deliberate back-and-forth ...
Earth Day: The Largest Global Teach-In
By Sandy Brown As we navigate the Emergency Break, watch the covid numbers rise dramatically and wait for our turn for the vaccine, it’s hard ...
It’s a 24 hour world
By Brian Lockhart If you’re old enough to remember when a telephone was mounted on a wall and had actual bells that clanged like a ...
“It’s the law!” got the finger…
By Constance Scrafield The emergency alert came in late last week, dictating that we stay strictly at home, that we leave our homes ONLY for ...
Orangeville councillor catches COVID-19
By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Coun. Lisa Post and her family contracted COVID-19 in late March and are happy to share, they’ve since recovered. Coun. Post’s ...
Tennis anyone? Courts open at Orangeville Tennis Club
One of the few sports available By Brian Lockhart The fact that tennis as a sport creates inherent physical distancing means the courts at the ...
Links seeing new numbers playing the game
Golfers out in droves By Brian Lockhart With so many sports restricted or cancelled this year, golf has seen a big surge in popularity. Local ...
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