September 2017 Archive

Headwaters Arts Festival opens with celebration in Alton

By Bill Rea The 2017 edition of the Headwaters Arts Festival is off and running. The annual festival was launched Friday night with a celebration ...

Family Transition Place to benefit from Caledon chapter of 100 women

By Jasen Obermeyer Family Transition Place (FTP) in Orangeville will soon be benefiting from the efforts of the 100 Women Who Care Caledon. The women ...

Authors on stage Sunday in Orangeville

By Constance Scrafield “It’s fantastic that these big name people come to Orangeville,” Nancy Frater declared. She was singing the praises of Carol Off and ...

Peel teacher Gail Bannister-Clarke re-elected to executive of ETFO

Gail Bannister-Clarke, a vice-president of the ETFO Peel Teacher Local, was re-elected to the Executive of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). “The work ...

Starthrower Foundation gets backing from Knox United Church

By Bill Rea Starthrower Foundation founder Sharon Gaskell was at Knox United Church in Caledon village recently to accept a cheque from Cindy Johnston, on ...

Osler announces new President and CEO

Vanita Varma, chair of the William Osler Health System Board of Directors, has announced that Dr. Brendan Carr has been named as President and Chief ...

Editorial — Check out the fall agricultural fairs

There is a saying that most of you have probably heard. Essentially, it goes “If you ate today, thank a farmer.” Food is something we ...

Editorial Cartoon — Sept. 14, 2017

Bill Rea — Remembering 9-11

I took a few moments Monday morning, as I started my work day, to reflect on what I had been doing 16 years before. Monday, ...

Ottawa Journal by David Tilson MP — A look ahead to the fall sitting of the House of Commons

The House of Commons resumes for the fall sitting next week and there’s a lot of work to do following the summer recess. Since the ...

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