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The prosecution and defence in Kenneth Allan Docherty’s second-degree murder trial are using the same evidence to prove their cases. More ... Instead of facing trial for impaired driving and cocaine possession, a former MP and husband of a federal cabinet minister has made a $500 donation to Cystic Fibrosis and paid a $500 fine for careless driving. More ... Sylvia Jones, who as MPP for Dufferin-Caledon is Progressive Conservative Critic for Community and Social Services, has won a commitment to inform staff at Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) offices throughout the province about the Registered Disability Savings Plan RDSP) program. More ... CHEERS: The Avalon Retirement Centre held a wine and cheese party last week to celebrate the completion of renovations to the centre’s retirement lodge. Among the celebrants were residents Donald and Helena Brown, along with staff nurse Patricia Van Etten. More ... Orangeville’s driver and vehicle registration facilities have moved across Broadway. Since last Friday, both have been sharing space with Service Ontario’s land registry office in the Broadway Village plaza at 41 Broadway, Unit 7. More ... Sponsors of the annual Maple Syrup Festival at Island Lake Conservation Area are optimistic that the weather will be ideal for syrup making during this year’s festival, to be held Saturday, March 27 and Sunday, March 28. Then again, they should be, since again this year the sponsors are the Optimist Club of Orangeville. More ... February was a busy month for Crime Stoppers of Simcoe-Dufferin-Muskoka. The organization received 183 calls, which assisted police in clearing nine cases involving narcotics and other Criminal Code and provincial statute offences. The resultant investigations led to four arrests and 15 charges being laid. More ... TIPS FOR THE LONE GOURMAND: Debbie Hunt (left) and Janet Coyle (second from right) - community food advisors for the Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph District Health Unit - were on hand at the Lord Dufferin Centre last Friday to offer up tips how a person can cook healthy meals for just one diner. Helping them out were Gail McClintock (second from left) and Kay Pozniak. More ... An overflow crowd said to be close to 1,500 converged on the community hall in Belwood Tuesday night to attend an open house for the proposed Belwood Wind Energy Centre. For the most part, they were not a happy lot. A similar open house was scheduled for Wednesday night at the community hall in Marsville. More ... THE BELWOOD COMMUNITY HALL was the site of an open house presentation by Invenergy, a group proposing to install 25 to 35 wind turbines in the East Garafraxa and Centre Wellington area. Among the roughly 1,500 people who showed up were project protesters, left to right, Aaron Curtis, Brianne Curtis and Dawna Van Soelen. More ... The county courthouse addition will be “a compact economical structure” whose visual effects will not detract from the existing heritage buildings on Zina Street, a representative of Parkin Architects told county council’s last session. More ... SUPER HEROIC amount of money was raised at Kingpin Bowl recently as nearly 500 people on 100 different teams participated in Bowl for Kids. Among the teams, and dressed appropriately, was a team from the Amaranth Lions Club. $41,000 was raised over two days with the proceeds going to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Dufferin and District. More ... The Town of Orangeville will join thousands of municipalities participating in Earth Hour 2010. On March 27, starting at 8:30 p.m., local residences and businesses are encouraged to turn off all non-essential lights and appliances for one hour. More ... Last Friday, the Shelburne Police Service was contacted and commenced an investigation into thefts occurring at Fines Home Hardware. As a result of the investigation two persons have been charged with theft and possession of stolen property. This investigation is continuing and anyone with information is encouraged to call (519) 925-3312. More ... MacMaster Pontiac Buick has announced the appointment of Carmine Preziuso as the dealership’s sales manager. The appointment, which comes in Mr. Preziuso’s 23rd year in the car business, follows his addition to the MacMaster sales team in February. More ... HEADWATERS HEALTH CARE CENTRE has officially welcomed midwives to the health facility. Among those present Tuesday were (left to right) Headwaters board chair Margot Hornseth, Lavinia Trask, constituency assistant to Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones, midwives Linda Stahl and Stephanie McDonnell, Headwaters program director Ursula Manuel and Headwaters President/ CEO Cholly Boland. More ... A Mono resident was fined $10,000 when he admitted in Ontario Court last week to depositing thousands of loads of fill onto his property without a permit from the Niagara Escarpment Commission. Waldemar Litz pled guilty to a charge laid under the Niagara Escarpment Planning and Development Act. More ... Devonleigh Homes Inc. of Orangeville was one of five finalists in the Large Volume Builder category of 2010 Awards of Excellence announced this week by Tarion Warranty Corporation. The awards to new home builders are based on customer service performance as determined by the builders’ own customers. More ... Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson had high praise for his government’s latest Throne Speech, delivered last week. The speech outlining the government’s course for the year ahead and included the following themes: More ... Local News RSS feed |
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