August 2018 Archive

August 31 is International Overdose Awareness Day

by David Tilson There has been much discussion about the opioid crisis in Canada with the growing number of overdoses and deaths caused by opioids. ...

Ontario’s lakes and shores beckon

by Mark Pavilons The new school year is approaching and teachers will invariably ask their students what they did over the summer. I think a ...

Rotary Minute

By Norma Gamble For years now we’ve been writing you about the Rotary Club of Palgrave that meets every two weeks      (starting September) ...

Bullying back in the day

EDITORIAL The TV commercial says it’s the most wonderful time of the year. Some on social media are figuratively dancing on their keyboards over the ...

Temperance and Temptation

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD For a trailer headline, Mag Ruffman delivered the best: “People basically started drinking at 9:30 in the morning – it was ...

Caledon man charged as Peel Regional Police find gun

Written By SCOTT TAYLOR Two Caledon teenagers have been charged with several weapons charges after a traffic stop in Brampton turned up two handguns. On ...

Ten years of Knights riding for Ashlyn

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD “This is the tenth  anniversary,” said Tammy Coogan, “that the Knights have ridden for Ashlyn,” as though she was talking about ...

Terry Fox run set for Sept. 16 in Bolton

Written By CITIZEN STAFF The 38th annual Terry Fox Run will once again be held in Bolton on Sunday, Sept. 16. The Kinsmen Club of ...

Dad gives back for eight years of treatment at Sick Kids

Written By SCOTT TAYLOR It takes people made of solid stuff to take such an unfair blow and turn it into something positive. So it ...

Marshall is benched, a Papa is born, and 2525 on this day

Written By SCOTT TAYLOR 1945 — Hong Kong is liberated from the Japanese by allied forces. 1945 — The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, ...

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