Posts By Sam Odrowski
ODSS junior girls basketball team going to final
By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville District Secondary School (ODSS) junior girls’ basketball team will be competing for the District 10 championship this season. The ODSS ...
Mistletoe Mountain is Christmas at Mount Alverno Resort
By Constance Scrafield The folklore about mistletoe is that it brings health, luck and love. With such a grand reputation, it was Brooke Schmidt’s choice ...
Council approves 2022 budget with 0.8% tax levy
By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Council recently approved its consolidated budget for 2022, totalling approximately $60 million, with a 0.83 per cent or $310,952 tax levy ...
Local artist makes brushes out of animal fur, feathers
By Constance Scrafield On average, in an arts supply shop, the great majority of brushes are made of synthetic material, primarily replacing hair brushes. However, ...
Art, Philosophy, Science
By Constance Scrafield It was the great Greek philosopher Aristotle who said: “Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you ...
App neutrality, a big step forward for freedom of tech users
By Jack Buckby Troy Media Apple Inc. recently warned that draft rules from the European Union requiring the company to open its mobile operating system ...
Let Logic Rule
By Constance Scrafield The problem with us humans is we are not at all logical. Well, yes, sure I’m a Trekkie – but look at ...
Christmas employment shortages
Dear Money Lady, My grandson is now working part-time for a lot more than minimum wage and I can’t believe all the perks he gets ...
The nuclear deal is dead! Long live deterrence!
By Gwynne Dyer “We reviewed the proposals … carefully and thoroughly and concluded that Iran violated almost all compromises found previously in months of hard ...
Can lockdowns worsen COVID-19’s impact?
By Marco Navarro-Genie The most mentioned reason for lockdowns has been the protection of health-care systems. The claim is that such protection saves lives. So ...
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