August 2024 Archive

Time warp

By Brian Lockhart I was watching YouTube videos the other night. I came across a short clip from the movie Unforgiven, starring the legendary Clint ...

Students scarred by COVID-19 policies may never catch up

By Perry Kinkaide Students are facing a brutal “COVID hangover” that continues to wreak havoc on their education and mental health. The pandemic didn’t just ...

Responding to Seeback’s Capital gains letter (Aug. 22)

Dear Kyle, Your letter to the Citizen today was very meaningful, however, asking people to email the Liberal minister is not going to work, if ...

Being present

By Paula Frappier The ability to be present is a strength and doesn’t come easily to most of us.  We often live day to day ...

First day of school – lifetime in prison

By Jasen Obermeyer Several years ago, one evening, a couple of my friends and I visited our old elementary school during the middle of the ...

Catalan Pimpernel

By Gwynne Dyer Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement, aspires to become the new Scarlet Pimpernel. Last week he left Belgium, ...

Happy to be arts crazy

By Constance Scrafield Such a luscious, lustrous, lovely or loverly is fun to say too, time of year, into which we are merrily rolling. I ...

Heidi’s Walk for Hope comes to an end after raising nearly $200,000 for Family Transition Place

By Sam Odrowski Family Transition Place will not hold Heidi’s Walk for Hope this year. The fundraiser started as the Ferguson Memorial Walk in 2012, ...

Several events coming to Museum of Dufferin in September

The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) is holding several events through the month of September. The museum collects and preserves the stories of the people, places ...

New exhibit coming to the MoD Silo Gallery

Brian Lockhart A new art exhibit will be coming to the Museum of Dufferin Silo Gallery showcasing the work of an Orangeville artist.  Stephanie Casino ...

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