By Dr. Roslyn Kunin Canada’s falling unemployment rate is being read as good news. It isn’t. The decline reflects fewer Canadians working because fewer people are looking for work and fewer people ...

By Joshua Drakes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Fur‑Ever Farm‑Canada, a local animal rescue and sanctuary, said that it has been forced to pause all new farm animal intakes due to mounting ...

By Constance Scrafield Fourteen professional artists form the group Southern Ontario Visual Artists (SOVA). One evening in June 2014, while having dinner at the Mandarin Chinese Restaurant in ...

By Joshua Drakes Families looking for affordable, engaging activities during the school holiday will find no shortage of options at the Orangeville Public Library this March Break. The library is ...

The Ontario government is welcoming an investment of $1,674,016 by EcoTank Canada, a distributor of washer fluid dispensers, to increase its domestic manufacturing capabilities and create 30 new, ...

The Ontario SPCA and Humane Society is marked World Spay Day on Feb. 24 by providing 227 free spay and neuter surgeries across the province, preventing more than an estimated 12,000 unplanned ...

United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin celebrated the wrap-up of the 85th annual United Way Campaign on Feb. 24, joined by the workplaces, donors, volunteers and community partners that made ...

By Sam Odrowski Each year, the County of Dufferin provides funding to local organizations through its Community Grant Program. And this year is no different. Applications are currently being ...

By Constance Scrafield Perhaps it makes sense that a multi-award-winning, Orangeville-based Sumi-e artist also teaches tai chi. Although meeting Roslyn Levin in her mini studio at the back of ...

By Joshua Drakes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Fans of Agatha Christie and Mel Brooks should be marking their calendars for March 13, as Theatre Orangeville prepares to premiere its next ...

By JAMES MATTHEWS One of Mono’s loudest voices in the lobby for the new municipal noise bylaw wants council to consider questions about enforcement. Mayor John Creelman said that when council met ...

By Joshua Drakes, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Maples Academy presented a ceremonial cheque to Choices Shelter during a morning assembly on Feb. 23. The elementary school has made a ...