Posts By Sam Odrowski
Local high school band wins second regional battle of the bands competition in a row
By Joshua Drake Mazel, a student rock band from Westside Secondary School in Orangeville, has earned its second consecutive title at the Upper Grand District ...
Fibre art and Fibonacci patterns featured in new exhibit at Paul Morin’s Alton art gallery
By Constance Scrafield Fibonacci, wondrous fibres and fundamental math are on display at the Paul Morin Gallery in an exposition running for two months, until ...
Pat Hertzberg’s life with fabric: A career made from passion
By Constance Scrafield When Alton-based artist Pat Hertzberg was in her teens, she worked for a very high-end fabric store in Ottawa. Her fellow workers ...
Stuff my dad said
My late father was a common-sense country person who grew up on a farm. No one ever had to tell him “where the bear sits,” ...
Of chasing orange peels
By JAMES MATTHEWS Pretty certain it isn’t supposed to be like this. Then again, I’ve often seen how certainty comes out soft. A sure thing ...
Headwaters Rising: Stories from a thriving, connected community
If you stop to look, at any given moment, anywhere across the Headwaters region, you can see our communities quietly coming alive. In Caledon, a ...
The Irish question
By Gwynne Dyer Last week’s violence in Northern Ireland, not really a ‘protest’ but an organized pogrom, is being seized on by the British and ...
More than a business: DBOT highlights the power of social enterprise
Have you heard the term social enterprise? Ever wondered what it means? A social enterprise is a business that uses commercial activities to achieve a ...
Qualified persons need not apply
By Brian Lockhart Space – the final frontier – and it’s not easy to get there. In the current mode of space travel, escaping the ...
Three ATV riders face handful of charges from OPP
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Central Region Snow Vehicle, All-Terrain Vehicle, and Vessel Enforcement/Education (SAVE) Unit laid several charges over the weekend following a dangerous ...
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