Posts By Sam Odrowski

Christmas in the Park set to return early December

By August Bettinelli It’s back and better than ever! Christmas in the Park, a free event run annually in Kaycee Gardens by the Orangeville Optimists ...

Century Church Theatre joins the return to in-person performances

By Constance Scrafield Welcome back to Century Church Theatre in Hillsburgh with its opening production of To Die For by Canadian playwright, Caroline Smith and ...

Orangeville Legion running Poppy Campaign now until Nov. 11

By Sam Odrowski The Poppy Campaign is officially under way. The annual distribution of poppies through the Orangeville Legion Branch 233 started last Friday (Oct. ...

Local heritage organization sees massive success nationally

By Sam Odrowski A heritage organization started by a local history teacher five years ago, has seen massive success and growth across Canada. What started ...

Legion to hold small private ceremony for Remembrance Day

The current COVID-19 pandemic has directly affected the execution of this year’s annual Nov. 11 Remembrance Day Parade and Ceremony in Orangeville. The Royal Canadian ...

Filling your tank with water

By Brian Lockhart I was on one of the online forums I frequent the other day. The forum poses questions by members and searches for ...

Urban sprawl

Dear editor,Over the last 15 years I’ve watched with great sadness the gradual fall of massive amounts of farmland to urban sprawl.  Urban sprawl is a ...

Vikings and Skraelings: Full Circle

By Gwynne Dyer It was already known that the first and only Norse settlement in North America was at L’Anse aux Meadows, at the northern ...

Caught in the Grip

By Constance Scrafield Sometimes, I don’t feel like sleeping. Do you ever have those nights? Nights when you feel you should be a witness to ...

Nightmare on Broadway

By Anthony Carnovale My daughter wants to be a witch this Halloween. Last week, she worked on a potion that she hoped would turn her ...

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