December 2019 Archive

Community Living Dufferin to host annual Christmas lunch

By Constance Scrafield It has been a long and, in many ways, a fascinating year for Community Living Dufferin (CLD). The Citizen had the chance ...

Council hopes to bring soap box derby back to Orangeville

By Mike Baker The Town of Orangeville is looking for a partner to help bring a soap box derby back to the community.  Back in ...

Orangeville Police investigating residential break in

Orangeville Police are investigating a break-in at a Westmorland Drive residence last Thursday.  On Thursday, December 12, at approximately 2:15 p.m., police were called to ...

EDITORIAL: Why not follow Alberta’s lead

PREMIER DOUG FORD has rejected a warning by Ontario’s Auditor-General that his government’s policies on climate change won’t meet Ontario’s 2030 emission reduction targets and ...

EDITORIAL: Smaller may prove better

WHEN THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT announced its plan to overhaul the province’s health care system by replacing Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) with a single agency, ...

Too much news?

By Brian Lockhart I read a news report recently that discussed U.S. president Donald Trump’s shoes. Yes, his shoes. The article questioned whether Trump was ...

Shifting sands at sunrise

By Constance Scrafield The new Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin, age 34, certainly has hit the world-wide headlines as the world’s youngest prime minister. ...

Year one in review

By Sandy Brown December 3, 2018, this new council was sworn in. While each Council member was new to politics, none were new to the ...

Environmental impact of Christmas

By Martina Rowley ’Tis the season again. Christmas is near and every week more festive lights and decorations pop up, Yuletide tunes play on the ...

Faint hope in Yemen

By Gwynne Dyer Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five ...

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