October 2019 Archive

Headwaters hospital commits up to $37,500 to fix fencing problem

By Mike Baker Headwaters Health Care Centre is doing its part to be “good neighbours” after committing to investing up to $37,500  to fix a ...

OPS won’t meet projected revenue targets outlined in 2019 budget

By Mike Baker It would appear that the Orangeville Police Service will not be successful in its attempts to provide a “zero percent increase” to ...

Editorial: A real weapon vs climate change

CRITICS OF CARBON TAXES often argue that any such measures designed to limit man-made climate change will achieve little so long as countries like China ...

Editorial: The phantoms return

THE MOST RECENT installation of traffic signals on Highway 10 was a few years ago at the road’s junction with Monora Park and Cedar Grove ...

Is politics the new cancer?

By Constance Scrafield In this century of burgeoning disease, addictions (lots of new ones and more coming all the time), of the steady elimination of ...

Geography

By Brian Lockhart I was listening to a radio talk show the other day discussing urban housing in the big city. A guest journalist told ...

Zero down mortgages?

By Christine Ibbotson Dear Money Lady I am 72, retired and a widow.  I like living alone and keep myself busy with friends and hobbies.  ...

A playwright’s launching pad

By Dan Needles The Citizen and I share birthdays and are exactly the same age. The new paper was the brainchild of Tom Claridge and ...

Johnson’s cunning plan

By Gwynne Dyer The plotting reflex is strong in populist politicians who currently run both big English-speaking countries. President Trump dreams up underhanded tricks even ...

B-ball teams look strong in early season at Westside

By Brian Lockhart The District 4 girls basketball season has started and in the early going the Thunder from Westside are looking pretty strong on ...

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