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A new school year, a new team: Advocating for your child from the start
September 10, 2026 · 0 Comments
September brings a fresh start: new teachers, new classrooms, new routines, and often a new team of people supporting your child. For parents of children ...
The old saying, ‘Eat dessert first. Life is uncertain’
By Constance Scrafield There have to be days when, if you are the cook in the family, you rebel. Especially if you have too much ...
The night of the silver corvette
By Keith Schell One early autumn evening when I was still in high school, I had just gotten out of the Friday night late movie ...
Orangeville Public Library offers tools for learning this school year
Back-to-school season brings plenty of excitement to September. The days begin to feel different, routines return, and a new energy fills our community. Whether you ...
Letter re: Gwynne Dyer’s ‘Africa’: Getting history wrong” column (Aug. 27)
Always a good read. Gwynne’s most recent column brought to mind the geography of slavery throughout the world. Slaves existed in almost every region, with ...
Griping about the void to a soundtrack by The Who
By JAMES MATTHEWS “I’m singing this not because it fits in well / with the chords I’m playing / I can’t pretend there’s any meaning ...
Nancy Roman Telescope
By Gwynne Dyer Last Sunday (Aug. 30) a Falcon Heavy rocket delivered the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onto a direct transit trajectory to its ...
More than a meal: Community partnerships help FTP feed hope every day
Behind every meal served at Family Transition Place (FTP) is a story of compassion, community, and care. For individuals and families arriving at the shelter, ...
Trying to see the fox through the hurly-burly
By JAMES MATTHEWS Once in a while, you find something shiny and bright through the murk. The Bancroft Times and Bancroft This Week, sister papers ...
Africa: Getting history wrong
By Gwynne Dyer “I think that there’s a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion,” said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana’s ...
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