Sam Odrowski

Our climate debt

By Laura Campbell Who is going to pay our debt? The psychology of debt is fascinating. Isn’t it? I think so. It has so many ...

High seas treaty

By Gwynne Dyer Nobody loves the United Nations. It’s a bureaucracy, and its job is to make rules. But where else could you negotiate a ...

Are we caught in a Trump vice?

THERE’S SURELY NO DOUBT that what Donald Trump has had in mind all along was “divide and conquer.” The U.S. president summed it up adroitly ...

Hi! Ho! Come to the fair!

ALTHOUGH FALL doesn’t officially arrive for another three weeks, the Orangeville Fall Fair is upon us this Labour Day weekend, and once more will be ...

China and the Uighers

By Gwynne Dyer Two weeks ago, Professor Gay McDougall, co-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, alleged that up to a ...

Transit challenges are everywhere

IN ORANGEVILLE, the current public transit challenge involves finding the appropriate location for a “transit hub.” The town council has narrowly approved the idea of ...

First a Ribfest, now a Wing Fest

IT WILL BE INTERESTING to measure the success of Orangeville’s first KINadian Wing Fling, set for this Saturday at Alexandra Park, behind the town hall. ...