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Monthly Message: Best gift this season? Supporting local

December 18, 2025   ·   0 Comments

The holiday season has officially arrived, bringing with it a time for celebration, connection, and reflection. This year has presented its share of challenges for ...

Monthly Message: Helping kids hold their boundaries during the holiday season

By WonderTree The holiday season is often filled with warmth, connection, and joyful traditions shared with loved ones. But for many families, this time of ...

Venezuela: Performative murder

By Gwynne Dyer “If you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to ...

Don’t tread on me – Bill C-9

By Brian Lockhart The early astronauts were one tough and brave bunch of guys. Those guys have a reputation as being fearless, but they were ...

Keeping a historical village alive

By Constance Scrafield It is so very heartening to see a Christmas concert being staged in Hockley Village at the Hockley Historic Community Centre and ...

Strategy to stay out of jail

By Gwynne DyerIsrael’s prime minister, Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to “fully pardon” him of all three charges – ...

Monthly Message: Celebrating the season of giving with the Orangeville Food Bank

Every December, as the streets of Orangeville start to glow with holiday lights at Kaycee Gardens (thank you Optimists club of Orangeville) and the familiar ...

The Santa Claus Parade

By Keith Schell When I was young, one of the many things that helped build our family’s excitement for the Christmas season was the multitude ...

Monthly Message: FTP issues community call-to-action for National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

A lone gunman entered l’École Polytechnique de Montréal in the early evening of Dec. 6, 1989. He methodically targeted female students — in corridors, in ...

My path to local journalism

By Joshua Drakes Good morning, afternoon, or evening to whoever might be reading this. I hope this little article finds you well. I’m Joshua Drakes, ...

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