October 2021 Archive

Orangeville Lions raise over $10,000 with food drive

By August Bettinelli This past weekend the local Lions Club and Metro Orangeville teamed up to run a food drive that, paired with support from ...

Empty Bowls Headwaters fundraiser set for October 17 in Alton

By Rob Paul, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Over 30 years ago, Michigan art teacher John Hartom began the Empty Bowls fundraiser as a way to ...

Area Blacksmith sets up in Alton Mill Arts Centre

By Constance Scrafield Straight up and straight forward, Blacksmith artist, Jason Duclos says of his early life, “I was a trouble maker in my younger ...

Recipients of 2021 Orangeville Arts and Culture Awards announced

By August Bettinelli Recipients of the 2021 Arts & Culture Awards in Orangeville were announced last Thursday (Oct. 7), with eight awards being given out ...

In praise of our health care system – 1/2

By Brian Lockhart It seems all you ever hear is complaints when it comes to the Health Care system in Ontario. People hate the wait ...

Destroy the Whistle-Blowers!

By Gwynne Dyer A long time ago now I was asked to do a television series about the world’s intelligence services – and I turned ...

Hockey; Enough or Not Enough Violence?

By Jasen Obermeyer Over the past several years, debates have risen about fighting and violence in the NHL. Some argue that it’s part of the ...

The climate… again

Sir: I’m a long-term and continuing fan of Nancy Urekar’s BookLore, but I don’t recall any books offered there by Australian Professor Ian Plimer, Canadian ...

Letter re: federal election result

Last night last hopePeople had their sayOur country will never be the sameDivisions were coming from far right and far leftOur society has never been ...

Fie on you Facebook, at last

By Constance Scrafield With all the charm of a banshee, I have predicted for years that, one day, the Internet will implode, trumpeting the warning ...

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