March 2021 Archive

Town takes stance against Bill 257

By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Council took a stand against Schedule 3 of Bill 257, Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021, which amends the Planning ...

Mono Council addresses road salt, sand concerns

By Peter Richardson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Mono Council began its session Tuesday, following the usual opening formalities, with the announcement that Public Works Manager ...

Mono Council responds to residential fill application

By Peter Richardson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Michael Dermott of 634447 Highway 10 had recently filed for a variance to Mono’s Site Alteration and Fill ...

An errant throw – dead seagull puts one kid in the spotlight

By Brian Lockhart He got his dream job as a teenager, but little did he know he would soon be thrust into the international spotlight ...

Outlaws planning flag football season – no tackle

By Brian Lockhart There won’t be any real football this summer. The Ontario Provincial Football League has announced they are currently looking at doing a ...

Open letter to Premier Doug Ford

Who is your government listening to when your people tell you they don’t need another under-used highway? Are there contacts with their hands out for ...

Paving paradise to put up a highway

By Martina Rowely Drawing on a Joni Mitchell song from the 1970s, Big Yellow Taxi, “they paved paradise / and put up a parking lot”, ...

Gas prices

By Brian Lockhart If you are planning on taking a road trip any time soon, you might want to re-think your budget for how much ...

To travel and all it teaches!

By Constance Scrafield Lots of us talk about travelling once it is safe to do so. “As soon as things settle down and there have ...

Syria: end the sanctions

By Gwynne Dyer The Syrian civil war is ten years old this week, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians ...

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