January 2022 Archive

Top doctor indicates support for return to in-person learning

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) students have returned to the classroom for the first time since winter ...

Rural Net looking to expand in Mono

By Peter Richardson Mono Council hard a presentation from Heiner Phillipp, president of Rural Net, an internet service provider based in Flesherton. Recently, Rural Net ...

Town supports letter asking province to improve court system

By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Council joined Mono Mayor John Creelman and Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson, in asking the Ford government to address issues relating to ...

Orangeville Council looking to recoup false alarm call costs

By Sam Odrowski Dufferin OPP used 220 hours responding to 171 false alarm calls in the first 9 months of 2021 and Council is now ...

A behind the scenes look at Lavender Blue and Le Finis Restaurant

By Constance Scrafield In the first place, Terry Doel, having studied world culinary arts and Vanessa Kreuzer, who said that she had studied landscaping but ...

Nova Scotia calling

By Brian Lockhart A friend of mine recently sold her house and headed off to the east coast to enjoy the freezing temperatures and hefty ...

Being Canadian

By Mayor Sandy Brown For most people, ushering in the New Year involves many traditions.  Celebrating with special foods, friends, and customs – people staying ...

Online learning

By Julie Chami Lindsay     What a strange world we live in where eight-year-olds are begging to go back to school because they are tired ...

Kazakhstan: a quarrel among thieves

By Gwynne Dyer Two questions about recent events in Kazakhstan. First, was last week’s slaughterhouse battle between “20,000 bandits” and the regime’s police in Almaty, ...

The Good Daughter

By Constance Scrafield A friend of mine, lives locally, “rescued” if I may so use the term, her elderly mother from seven weeks in hospital. ...

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