Committee motion redraws
east end ward map
Posted
Dec. 3, 2020
The east end’s municipal ward boundaries are expected to be dramatically redrawn on Dec. 9 when city council meets to vote on the final recommendations contained in the 2020 Ward Boundary Review as well as a surprise amendment put forward by Osgoode Ward councillor George Derouaze and adopted by the finance and economic development committee on Tuesday. Read more
Local news
Local resource centres need your help
Posted
Nov. 26, 2020
The east end’s two community resource centres are appealing to area residents to help make up for the loss in third-party fundraising efforts canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Sports
COVID pandemic fails to slow down Orléans deaf/blind athlete
Posted Oct. 15, 2020
Orléans deaf and blind athlete Kevin Frost is not about to let the COVID pandemic slow him down. Despite the many challenges he faces, Frost managed to play 30 rounds of golf over the summer including two rounds at the Chippewa Creek Golf Course in Hamilton, where he finished second in the Ontario Visually Impaired Golf Championship on Aug. 15 and 16. Read
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Artcetera
Sir Wil’s 'Hunchback' a true masterclass in high school theatre
Posted
March 18, 2020
 Lights open on The Notre Dame Cathedral, 1482, where a young man who has spent his whole life hidden away finally decides to defy his master and try his luck in the real world. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School’s recent production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, directed by the school’s drama teacher, Sonya Schrum, was powerful and thought provoking. Read more
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