October 2025 Archive

Celebration held at Town Hall for proclamation of Latin American Heritage Month

By Sam Odrowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Town of Orangeville officially proclaimed October as Latin American Heritage Month last Friday, Oct. 17. Members of ...

Local dentist helps launch National Dental Care Day

By Brian Lockhart Dr. Raj Khanuja, who owns Headwaters Dental in Orangeville as well as several other clinics in Ontario, has spearheaded a campaign to ...

Community spirit shines at annual Boo on Broadway for a trick-or-treating extravaganza:

By Chris Perrotte With Halloween just around the corner, the Orangeville Business Improvement Area (OBIA) shut down Broadway and a portion of Second Street for ...

Author to launch new book at Orangeville Library’s Mill Street branch

Esteemed knowledge keeper and storyteller Bomgiizhik Isaac Murdoch will be visiting the Mill Street branch of the Orangeville Public Library on Oct. 29 to launch ...

Maggiolly’s sold to new owners,  former owner Emilia Perri to focus on art and family

By Constance Scrafield Carl and Emilie Jagt are thrilled to become the new owners of Maggiolly’s Arts and Supplies Shop at 158 Broadway. The couple ...

Ann Randeraad and the Empty Bowls Headwaters Event at the Alton Mill Arts Centre

By Constance Scrafield Local potter Ann Randeraad is bringing the Empty Bowls Event to the Alton Mill Arts Centre on Nov. 2. “The Empty Bowls ...

Canada cannot cozy up to China

By Scott McGregor The Globe and Mail column, “Let’s free ourselves of the U.S. and forge closer ties with China”, by Julian Karaguesian and Robin ...

What are you afraid of?

By Brian Lockhart Phobia – the extreme or irrational fear of, or aversion to something. I don’t like spiders. Insects in general don’t bother me ...

Gaza: Ceasefire in doubt

By Gwynne Dyer It didn’t take long. Just ten days after the Gaza ceasefire was grudgingly accepted by Israel and the Hamas organisation that has ...

My love of history

By Jasen Obermeyer I’ve always been something of a history buff. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a fascination with our past, ...

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