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Are we really enemies of the people?

By Tom Claridge WE STRONGLY SUSPECT that all politicians see the media as posing a potential threat to their ability to stay in office. But ...

More sponsors are needed

By Tom Claridge AT A TIME when the United States is closing its doors to non-Christian Syrian refugees, we Canadians are tempted to congratulate ourselves ...

What else did they discuss?

By Tom Claridge IF WE ARE TO BELIEVE the news accounts following Monday’s meeting between Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump, it was all mainly a ...

No basis for any hasty action

By Tom Claridge IN THE WAKE OF the report Orangeville Council now has on the possibility of having the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) police the ...

Reforms are still needed

IS FEDERAL ELECTORAL REFORM really a dead issue, now that Justin Trudeau has broken his promise that the 2015 election would be the last of ...

A heartening response

AT A TIME when the United States has slammed its doors to Syrian refugees because its demagogic leader says a terrorist might be in their ...

The common thread: extremism

AT FIRST BLUSH, the two events seemed to bear no relationship to one another. The one event took place in Washington D.C., where President Donald ...

Wanted: A larger council

WE WONDER HOW MANY residents of Orangeville realize that the town, with a current population approaching 30,000, has a smaller town council today than it ...

Will it be reciprocity or fair trade?

NOW THAT DONALD TRUMP has apparently set aside, at least for the moment, his promise to tear up the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ...

Lets not see a repetition

THE MOST VISIBLE change in the rebuilt section of First Avenue between First and Second streets was obviously the creation of intermittent parking spaces on ...

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