February 2022 Archive

Teachers’ unions undermining themselves

Finally, schools across Canada are starting to reopen. Most provinces had switched to remote learning at the beginning of January to assess the impact of ...

Advanced green lights

On December 16, 2020, I was T boned at the intersection of Riddell and Centennial Rd. My car was totaled and I saw my life ...

Virus

Sir: I agree with Columnist Scrafield that we should accept our three vaccinations (I did) and wear masks when near others (I do). I also ...

Look in your own backyard

By Brian Lockhart During the current time, there’s a lot of people lamenting the fact that they can’t travel. That is understandable. For many people, ...

Orangeville to lose 20 per cent of volunteer firefighters

By Sam Odrowski The Town’s firefighting force is about to get noticeably smaller. The fire department will lose about 20 per cent of its volunteer ...

Shrinking Asia

Gwynne Dyer In the politics of population, the magic number is 2.1. That is ‘replacement level’: if a country’s fertility rate (the  average number of ...

MP Kyle Seeback voices supports for ‘Freedom Convoy’ in Ottawa

By Sam Odrowski Dufferin–Caledon MP Kyle Seeback recently penned a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking that he reverse the federal government’s decision to ...

Define: Freedom

By Constance Scrafield Usually, I dodge matters that are already in the midst of media attention but this time, it’s personal. It has been noted ...

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