January 2024 Archive

Trudeau punishing Canadians for surviving cold winter

By Franco Terrazzano and Kris Sims Millions of Canadians are keeping an anxious eye on their thermostats, praying the power stays on and bracing for ...

Letter re: Frank Stronach’s column

Sir; I try to follow principles that make life a little easier. The word SIMPLE seems to appear more often in recent times. Over several ...

The hardest substance known to kids 

By Keith Schell They say that diamond is the hardest natural substance known to man. And supposedly, graphene, carbon fiber and Kevlar are the hardest ...

Right and wrong roads for trucks

By Constance Scrafield Without any trouble, you can picture a stormy winter’s night. Most of us, I dare to bet, have found ourselves caught later ...

Routine rockets

By Gwynne Dyer Not all that long ago, attacking another country’s territory was still seen as a big deal. It was, in legal terms, an ...

Man charged with arson following structure fire in Shelburne

By Paula Brown  Dufferin OPP officers have charged a 29-year-old man with arson in connection to a structure fire that occurred in Shelburne at the ...

Renovations bringing increased comfort underway at Headwaters’ hemodialysis unit

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Patients receiving hemodialysis treatments at Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) will be able to experience them in comfort ...

Headwaters awarded Accreditation of Exemplary Standing for its quality of care

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) has been awarded with Accreditation of Exemplary Standing in recognition of its quality ...

Four pickup trucks stolen over the weekend in Dufferin

Members of the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating the theft of four pickup trucks in Orangeville and Mono.  The thefts ...

Cabbie urges town to put the brakes on unlicensed drivers

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Orangeville taxi operators are being short-changed by unlicensed drivers. Vikas Kashyap, a local taxi driver, brought his concerns ...

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