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Orangeville Public Library celebrates Ontario Public Library Week

October 15, 2026   ·   0 Comments

Oct. 18 to 24 is Ontario Public Library Week, so now’s the perfect time to celebrate the value the Orangeville Public Library brings to the ...

Cultivating radical hope: How local action defeats collective anxiety

It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the crisis narratives dominating the news and our feeds. Between headlines of global uncertainty, shifting economic pressures and ...

A cat’s ‘spice of life’

By Keith Schell They say, “Variety is the spice of life,” and that’s very true. Sampling foods from different cultures makes eating that much more ...

Israel and Palestine: Thirty wasted years

By Gwynne Dyer Here is how the high command of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) laid down the rules for ‘remotely’ killing suspected Palestinian activists ...

Storytelling, creativity and a little spookiness at your library this October

October is the perfect month to rediscover your public library. Perhaps you have wondered what homesteading involves, wanted to hear a local writer read their ...

Of salt bags, salty souls, and existential change

By JAMES MATTHEWS Autumn, and there’s frost on the ground in the morning. Change, seasonal and political, is descending across the province like the blanket ...

Iran’s virtual nukes

By Gwynne Dyer “Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was…very hard to do,” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly last month, ...

When it’s impossible to exaggerate

By Constance Scrafield Finally, I am reading Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time. Hawking was a very famous British scientist, professor and author ...

Community Voice: A room that listens

By Juli-Anne James, Executive Director, Streams Community Hub We are fresh off celebrating ten years of Streams, which means we have spent a lot of ...

A trail of crumbs

By Anthony Carnovale Please, indulge me. Just this once (Okay, I know it’s not the first time). Like, seriously. You see, if you don’t, I ...

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