Posts By Sam Odrowski

A worthwhile experiment

By Anthony Carnovale Hate is a strong word – but I hate numbers; I really do. Why do I hate them so much? Was I ...

Fond farewell from OSAT chair

By Sylvia Bradley After 12 years of chairing the Orangeville Sustainability Action Team (OSAT), I am retiring from political life.  Politicians do not have a ...

INF Treaty: idiots on both sides

By Gwynne Dyer The last time I wrote about the treaty banning ‘intermediate-range’ nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never ...

Incumbency: a benefit or an albatross?

IN MOST CASES, incumbent politicians fare well when they seek re-election. That certainly was the case in Toronto, where Mayor John Tory got more votes ...

Why not a price for not voting?

ACROSS THE PROVINCE, there likely wasn’t a single municipality where  majority of the eligible voters bothered to exercise their franchise. Even in the Town of ...

Westside senior boys volleyball team undefeated

With two games left on the regular season schedule, the Westside Secondary School Thunder senior boys volleyball team is in first place in the District ...

Khashoggi: Worse than a crime

By Gwynne Dyer If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did sent a hit team to Turkey to murder ...

Transportation challenges abound

THE NEW COUNCILS formed as a result of next Monday’s elections will have plenty of challenges during their four-year terms, but none will beat those ...

Why no endorsations?

NEVER, IN ITS 44-YEAR EXISTENCE, has the Citizen ever endorsed a candidate for any office at any level of government. And hopefully that will remain ...

Lacrosse community mourns loss of Phil Sanderson

He was a founding member of the group the helped build the Orangeville Northmen organization into the lacrosse powerhouse it is today. Phil Sanderson passed ...

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