June 2026 Archive
Thirteen-year-old comedian brings comedy to Orangeville’s Bar on Broadway in July
By Joshua Drakes, Local Journalism Initative Reporter A Barrie teen is looking to become Canada’s youngest comedian to secure professional bookings. Thirteen-year-old comedian Landyn Griffin ...
Voting underway for Rotary Club of Orangeville Highlands Community Choice Grants
By Sam Odrowski Voting has opened for the annual Community Choice Grants offered by the Rotary Club of Orangeville Highlands (RCOH). Voting opened on Monday, ...
Credit Valley Conservation launches detection program for invasive species with scent-trained Labrador Retriever
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) launched the Conservation Detection Dog program on June 12, marking a first in Ontario innovation in early detection of invasive species. ...
Local high school band wins second regional battle of the bands competition in a row
By Joshua Drake Mazel, a student rock band from Westside Secondary School in Orangeville, has earned its second consecutive title at the Upper Grand District ...
Fibre art and Fibonacci patterns featured in new exhibit at Paul Morin’s Alton art gallery
By Constance Scrafield Fibonacci, wondrous fibres and fundamental math are on display at the Paul Morin Gallery in an exposition running for two months, until ...
Pat Hertzberg’s life with fabric: A career made from passion
By Constance Scrafield When Alton-based artist Pat Hertzberg was in her teens, she worked for a very high-end fabric store in Ottawa. Her fellow workers ...
Stuff my dad said
My late father was a common-sense country person who grew up on a farm. No one ever had to tell him “where the bear sits,” ...
Of chasing orange peels
By JAMES MATTHEWS Pretty certain it isn’t supposed to be like this. Then again, I’ve often seen how certainty comes out soft. A sure thing ...
Headwaters Rising: Stories from a thriving, connected community
If you stop to look, at any given moment, anywhere across the Headwaters region, you can see our communities quietly coming alive. In Caledon, a ...
The Irish question
By Gwynne Dyer Last week’s violence in Northern Ireland, not really a ‘protest’ but an organized pogrom, is being seized on by the British and ...
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