Posts By Sam Odrowski

Municipal election reforms?

MOST OF THE ELECTION REFORM talk in recent years has concerned the “first past the post” victories in federal and provincial elections, with the status ...

Wanted: a little common sense

WE’D LOVE TO SEE the memorandum Sobeys Inc. sent to its stores when they started to stock beer and/or wine this year. We’re pretty sure ...

This Is Our Lives: keeping a promise to Bette Davis

By Brock Weir She never went anywhere without leaving an impression. Whether she was on the silver screen blazing an iconic trail with indelible performances ...

Jr. Schooners take division championship

The Jr Schooner Mite team took to the field in their first game of the Bluewater District Minor Softball Associations Championship tournament on Friday, August ...

West Alder’s needs are greater

Re:  Solving Spencer’s Speed Problem (August 17, 2017): As a resident of West Alder Street since 1997 I felt compelled to respond to Todd Taylor’s ...

Paying for our highways

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, in the midst of the ‘war to end all wars,’ the Ontario government finally recognized the need to do something about ...

Four times as much!

IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE Harvey and the resultant shutdown of several Houston-area refineries, retail gasoline prices in both the United States and Canada rose ...

Town to study need for upgrades in wake of 2 flooding incidents

Written by Tom Claridge In the wake of serious flooding of streets earlier this summer, Orangeville’s Public Works director says his staff will look at ...

Northmen Novice team undefeated for the season

Written By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville Northmen Novice team have done what very few lacrosse teams can accomplish. They ended their season as an undefeated ...

The radical left and free speech

Why is the radical left so afraid of free speech?  By “left” I don’t mean traditional liberal.  The liberal parties, of North America at least, ...

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