September 2023 Archive
Orangeville Food Bank expects to distribute 650,000 lbs of food this year
By JAMES MATTHEWS September is Hunger Action Month. And who better to speak about the sobering statistics of local examples of hunger than Heather Hayes, ...
Dufferin festival to celebrate local films
By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Many films and television productions have used Orangeville and Dufferin County locales as a backdrop location. Local talent ...
Headwaters Arts Fall Festival to wrap up with ‘Bookish Afternoon’ at Alton Mill
By Constance Scrafield The finale for the Headwaters Arts Fall Festival is the annual “Bookish Afternoon,” as BookLore’s Nancy Frater likes to call it. This ...
Cairn of Peace marks 60th anniversary
By Anne Thompson Each and every day, thousands of motorists travel through Caledon Village on Highway 10 and there are probably very few alive today ...
Jamie’s Jam to take over Orangeville Fairgrounds for old-school Halloween party
By Sam Odrowski The 80s and 90s are coming to the Orangeville Fairgrounds for Halloween. A retro party night featuring DJ Stevie P from z103.5 ...
Plowing Match to hold Celebration of Excellence for naming of Ontario Queen of the Furrow, top-plowmen
What better way to wrap up a once-in-a-generation event than with a celebratory evening—and that is exactly what will happen when the International Plowing Match ...
Chance to test-drive an electric vehicle coming to Grand Valley Fall Fair
Dufferin County invites residents to take the wheel and experience the benefits of electric power on Sunday, Sept. 24 for a free electric vehicle test-drive ...
Town of Orangeville seeking creative names for new snowplow
The Big Leplowski. Edgar Allan Snow. Yer a Blizzard, Harry. Sled Zeppelin. You may be familiar with these unique snowplow names, generated through naming contests ...
First Day Jitters
By Anthony Carnovale I don’t remember the day or the time. I do remember the place: 52 McMurray Avenue in Toronto. When I got home ...
Pope Francis: Some confusion, perhaps
By Gwynne Dyer Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view ...
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