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Storytelling, creativity and a little spookiness at your library this October

October 8, 2026   ·   0 Comments

October is the perfect month to rediscover your public library. Perhaps you have wondered what homesteading involves, wanted to hear a local writer read their ...

Of salt bags, salty souls, and existential change

By JAMES MATTHEWS Autumn, and there’s frost on the ground in the morning. Change, seasonal and political, is descending across the province like the blanket ...

Iran’s virtual nukes

By Gwynne Dyer “Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was…very hard to do,” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly last month, ...

When it’s impossible to exaggerate

By Constance Scrafield Finally, I am reading Stephen Hawking’s book, A Brief History of Time. Hawking was a very famous British scientist, professor and author ...

Community Voice: A room that listens

By Juli-Anne James, Executive Director, Streams Community Hub We are fresh off celebrating ten years of Streams, which means we have spent a lot of ...

A trail of crumbs

By Anthony Carnovale Please, indulge me. Just this once (Okay, I know it’s not the first time). Like, seriously. You see, if you don’t, I ...

Creating an inclusive Halloween experience for every child

Halloween is all about fun, but for some kids, the sights, sounds and communication demands that come with it can make the spooky season feel ...

Campaign afoot to kick-start property assessments

By JAMES MATTHEWS Numbers. They’re all around us. That’s according to an advertisement I recently watched from the province’s Municipal Property Assessment Corporation. That’s the ...

Brazilian election

By Gwynne Dyer “Flávio Bolsonaro is Trump’s candidate and what Trump wants is to colonise Brazil, take our riches, steal our future and leave us ...

Orangeville Food Bank says policy change is needed to fight food insecurity

September is Hunger Action Month. It is marked by delegations to local councils to highlight the need in the community and to advocate for a ...

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