June 2018 Archive

Sylvia Jones rides blue wave to D-C landslide

Written By CITIZEN STAFF There were very few surprises here in Dufferin-Caledon last week as long-time Progressive Conservative MPP Sylvia Jones was voted in for ...

Green Party candidate pleased with a seat at the table

Written By JASEN OBERMEYER The 2018 Ontario general election is in the books, and it was a doozy, filled with historic results both good and ...

Descendants celebrate pioneer doctor’s life

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD A new stone stands in the ancient Prospect Cemetery on Innis Lake Road. It was purchased and erected by the deceased, ...

My Hollow heroes

Written By SCOTT TAYLOR There’s a certain sense of “one of these things is not like the other” when you think of a fundraiser for ...

Walking in HER shoes for good

Written By JASEN OBERMEYER Family Transition Place (FTP) and the MENtors group will be hosting their fourth annual Walk in HER Shoes event this Saturday ...

Prized CT scanner able to generate 3-D images of pets

Written By SCOTT TAYLOR A local veterinary clinic has jumped into a new world of possibilities with the purchase of a CT scanner that allows ...

Bill C-76 Elections Modernization Act does not make system fairer

By David Tilson On April 30, 2018, the Honourable Scott Brison, who was Acting Minister of Democratic Institutions, introduced Bill C-76: An act to amend ...

On This Day — June 7

1899 — American temperance crusader Carrie Nation destroys the inventory of a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas. 1929 — The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican ...

The nose knows: Scents of history

“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in ...

More NAFTA talks pointless

Editorial IF THERE WAS ANYTHING more ludicrous than the Trump administration’s claim that hefty tariffs against steel and aluminum products from its allies were needed ...

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