Commentary

The cost of extraction: When local land becomes a commodity

November 13, 2025   ·   0 Comments

By Councillor Tess Prendergast In Dufferin and Caledon, we pride ourselves on being good stewards of the land. Farmers, families, and volunteers work hard to ...

Attention: Walmart Shopper

By Anthony Carnovale I left my wallet in El Segundo I got to get it, I got, got to get it. Do you know this ...

‘Happy to meet you’

By Constance Scrafield There is a Gala this weekend at the Hockley Valley Resort, a grand affair primarily to raise funds for the very fine ...

Government-sponsored hate speech

By Brian Lockhart There is an opioid crisis in Canada. Most likely, you already know, or know of someone, who has died from taking some ...

Cloned foods are coming to a grocer near you

By Sylvain Charlebois Cloned-animal foods could soon enter Canada’s food supply with no labels identifying them as cloned and no warning to consumers—a move that ...

Denmark vs. the shadow fleet

By Gwynne Dyer Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, two-thirds of the Danish kingdom’s income came from taxes paid by every ship passing through the ...

Monthly Message: November brings gratitude, giving, and gatherings at the Orangeville Food Bank

As the temperature drops and we cozy into the rhythm of November, the festive season is one of the most exciting times of year for ...

Mother Nature

By Brian Lockhart I was watching a YouTube video a few years ago filmed by a bunch of college ‘frat boys’ in the US. They ...

Monthly Message: Downtown Orangeville gears up for back-to-back holiday celebrations

Downtown Orangeville is set to sparkle brighter than ever this year with the return — and expansion — of the Joy + Lights Festival, a ...

‘Just pencil it in…’

By Constance Scrafield A person used to say, “We’ll just pencil that in …” and it meant that a meeting or occasion was proposed but ...

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