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Finally, we’re over the hump

By Tom Claridge BACK IN THE 1970s, as Orangeville was starting to grow far beyond its postwar population of around 3,000, the Township of Mono ...

Police shoot suspected rabid raccoon at park in Shelburne

By Tom Claridge Shelburne Police shot an apparently rabid raccoon that approached a resident who was walking his dog on Canada Day. Police Chief Kent ...

Court upholds dismissal of waste firm’s $3.5m lawsuit against Town

By Tom Claridge In a unanimous decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a trial judge’s dismissal of a $3.5-million lawsuit alleging a breach ...

Husband and wife team wins 2017 Dr. David Scott Award

By Tom Claridge For the first time in its 17-year history, the Dr. David Scott Award has gone to a husband-and-wife team of Headwaters Health ...

Twister, a unique family member

By Tom Claridge I’ve never understood why it is that some families never adopt a pet. Maybe it’s because they aren’t prepared to deal with ...

New ‘Sunshine List’ includes 53 Orangeville employees

By Thomas Claridge Ontario’s latest annual “Sunshine List,” which since 1996 has been showing the salaries of public servants who earned more than $100,000 in ...

A visit to Trumpland

By Tom Claridge If nothing else, it was certainly interesting. On Monday, February 6, daughter Nancy drove Pam and me to the Comfort Inn Airport ...

Are we living the Canadian dream?

By Tom Claridge IT WAS PURELY COINCIDENTAL that in the same week CNN carried an interview with an author who suggested Canadians are doing a ...

Three ways to improve her image

By Tom Claridge WITH RECENT OPINION POLLS showing support for Ontario Liberals far behind that for the Progressive Conservative, Premier Kathleen Wynne clearly needs to ...

Why not make it a 4-day weekend

By Tom Claridge WE’VE A SUGGESTION for David Tilson. This being the 150th birthday of Confederation, and Canada Day this year falling on a Saturday, ...

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