July 2024 Archive

Theatre Orangeville’s Young Company gear up for Mean Girls High School Version

By Constance Scrafield Pat Rundell has come all the way from Victoria, British Columbia to direct Mean Girls High School Version, this year’s July extravaganza ...

Unwanted bike pick-up available locally on July 17

By Constance Scrafield The Dunk Disposal team is reminding residents of this area far and wide that their bike pick-up is July 17. It’s their ...

Upper Grand District School Board developing Human Rights Policy Framework

By Paula Brown The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has announced plans to develop an inaugural Human Rights Policy Framework to address discrimination and ...

Seasoned tattoo artist reopens studio on East Garafraxa farm

By Sam Odrowski Visiting a tattoo parlour can be a stressful experience. People coming and going, loud noises, and a tight timeline to get the ...

Orangeville’s newest tree carving pays tribute to Lord Dufferin IODE’s health care history

The Town of Orangeville and the Lord Dufferin Chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) have partnered to install a new tree ...

A question asked, a question overlooked

By JAMES MATTHEWS Just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should. That goes for some things done that may make others uncomfortable, just as ...

Hired for the wrong reason

By Brian Lockhart Sports injuries are pretty common. Anyone who enjoys playing tennis, slo-pitch, skiing, mountain biking, or even hiking the Bruce Trail, is taking ...

Can we improve care home residents’ lives?

By Rodney Clifton Canada’s rapidly changing demographics are daunting. The number of people over 65 increased from 3,888,550 in 2001 to 7,021,430 in 2021, an ...

The West: Enormous changes at the last minute

By Gwynne Dyer By Friday (5 July), we will know the outcome of the British election. On Monday (8 July) we will know the result ...

The Art of Protesting 

By Constance Scrafield Somehow, I find myself reading a lot about protesting and I think it is one of our better strengths because, in the ...

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