Posts By Sam Odrowski

Truckers get jail while real criminals get bail

By Gwyn Morgan On Jan. 29, 2022, a trucker convoy headed down to the Coutts, Alta., border crossing with the U.S. to protest the COVID-19 ...

Digital Hawaiian pizza

By Brian Lockhart Who doesn’t like pizza? It’s round, easily transported, and has the distinction of being probably the only hand-held food shaped like a ...

The embarrassing picture

By Keith Schell Newspaper editors have a wicked sense of humour. I think it’s probably because they have to deal with the same routine news ...

Israel-Gaza: ‘No Boots on the Ground’

By Gwynne Dyer Good news! The U.S. logistical support ship General Frank S. Besson Juniorhas just sailed from Norfolk, Virginia carrying the equipment needed to ...

Is technology accelerating the great divide in income?

By Frank Stronach Back in the 1980s, when Artificial Intelligence (AI) was still the stuff of science fiction and computers and automation were changing the ...

Ballon substance

By Constance Scrafield Is it unkind to say of a person or to a person that they are “full of hot air?” Talking nonsense or ...

Orangeville Blues and Jazz named Top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario for 11th time

By Sam Odrowski The Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival is again among the Top 100 Festivals and Events in Ontario for 2024. The provincial organization, ...

Mono moves to ban battling kites after massive cleanup in Island Lake last year

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER With summer around the corner, kite fighting in the sky above Mono could return. And the lack of ...

Mono shrugs off donation decision, sends to committee

By JAMES MATTHEWS Mono council found itself in a tight spot regarding a monetary donation, given an earlier decision to refrain from donations this year. ...

Dufferin Community Foundation uses ‘power of many’ approach to fund local charities

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Dufferin Community Foundation brings the power of many to charitable work. There are a number of organizations ...

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