July 2019 Archive

Tackling fake news, propaganda

EDITORIAL IT WILL BE INTERESTING to see what happens in the wake of an announcement this week of a fresh attempt to deal with the ...

Peddling backwards, shouting all the way

By Constance Scrafield Here’s a really big dilemma: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro is destroying the Amazon Rainforest, the world’s lungs, and for the same reason ...

Diversity is no panacea

By Brian Lockhart ‘United we stand, divided we fall.’ That phrase is a saying that goes back as far as ancient Greece and has been ...

Politicizing healthy living not a good idea

By Sylvain Charlebois If elected as our next prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer vows to review Canada’s Food Guide, which was just introduced in ...

The last Prime Minister of the UK

By Gwynne Dyer It has been suggested that Boris Johnson, who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week, is what you would ...

Junior A Northmen leading 2-0 in playoff series against Brampton

By Brian Lockhart The Rayburn Construction Orangeville Junior A Northmen are leading their second round playoff series against the Brampton Excelsiors after taking the win ...

Orangeville gridiron players make cut for Team Ontario

By Brian Lockhart Two members of the Orangeville Outlaws Junior Varsity team were selected to be on Team Ontario and compete in an inter-provincial tournament. ...

North Dufferin League hosts annual All-Star game

By Brian Lockhart Players from the senior and junior divisions took part in two games during the North Dufferin Baseball League’s annual All-Star game held ...

Orangeville Council investigating potential sale of local railway line

By Mike Baker Orangeville Council has taken the first steps towards potentially selling, or decommissioning, the municipal-owned 55-kilometre Orangeville-Brampton Railway (OBRY) line that runs from ...

Hills of Headwaters Collaborative applying to become Ontario Health Team

By Julia Lloyd On July 18 the Ministry of Health sent notification to the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative (HOHC) that they are one of 31 ...

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