March 2019 Archive

Enough is enough: when words matter

By Laura Campbell Fifty innocent Muslims were killed in Christchurch last week by a white nationalist who idolized Donald Trump. Have you read the individual ...

‘Celebrity’ cheaters

By Brian Lockhart “When you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself.” That phrase was said to myself and my classmates on at least two occasions when ...

Australia and terrorism

By Gwynne Dyer Extreme right-wing terrorism, mostly of the ‘white nationalist’ variety, is becoming as big a problem as Islamist terrorism in many places. That’s ...

Big crowd for annual event at Tony Rose arena in Orangeville

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville Wolves took a break from their regular schedule to take on a team from Dufferin County Emergency Services for The ...

Alliston will meet Mount Forest in quarter-final of Jr C Schmalz Cup

By Brian Lockhart It’s going to be the Alliston Hornets against the Mount Forest Patriots in the first round of the Schmalz Cup Junior C ...

Annual Widbur Tournament coming to Honeywood

By Marni Walsh The puck will soon drop for the last time to signal the opening of the Jennifer Widbur Memorial Hockey Tournament at Honeywood ...

Harzadan Singh Khattra local Tories’ surprise pick to succeed David Tilson

By Mike Baker In a stunning turn of events, local entrepreneur Harzadan Singh Khattra has been selected by Dufferin-Caledon party members to lead the Conservatives ...

Orangeville Council learns of new retirement residence opportunity

By Mike Baker The president of the company behind the proposed construction of a six-storey retirement residence on Orangeville’s north side has informed Town Council ...

Dufferin County lends a hand to local farmers, lowers tax ratio rate back to 2017 numbers

By James Matthews Dufferin County Council has dropped the farm tax ratio rate back to the 2017 level. County council during its public meeting March ...

More than 250 forced from their homes after flooding in Bolton

By Joshua Santos About 250 people in Bolton were evacuated from their homes after a heavy flood spilled on the streets last Friday, March 15. ...

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