January 2019 Archive

Lessons from abroad

By Doug Skeates The most valuable resource on the planet is land.  It has been a real insight living and working in various parts of ...

Bangladesh: End of democracy

By Gwynne Dyer It always looks bad when the ruling party jails the opposition leader just a few months before the election. If only Khaleda ...

2018 Year in Review – January

January 4 • We started the year with some positive news – local taxpayers had a little something extra to celebrate over the festive period ...

2018 Year in Review – February

February 1 • Humber College reaffirmed its commitment to Orangeville this week, signing a new three-year lease with an option for a further three years ...

2018 Year in Review – March

March 1 • It’s now been more than 18 years since Choices Youth Shelter (CYS) set up shop in Orangeville. The brainchild of a local ...

2018 Year in Review – April

April 5 • Dufferin County is mourning the loss of one of its former wardens and Melancthon Mayor, Bill Hill, after a brief battle with ...

2018 Year in Review – May

May 3 • Having led the Conservative Party of Canada now for 12 months, Andrew Scheer is hoping to do the same thing on a ...

2018 Year in Review – June

June 7 • After a messy summer going back and forth over whether or not to allow a local business to have a piano outside ...

2018 Year in Review – July

July 5 • “These are early days,” cautioned Ontario’s new minister of tourism, culture and sport, Sylvia Jones. The Dufferin-Caledon MPP, who won her riding ...

2018 Year in Review – August

August 2 • An Orangeville council candidate has been left to pick up the pieces of her campaign after being devastated by numerous racial attacks ...

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