January 5, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

HUNDREDS helped ring in the New Year by gathering downtown and participating in the second annual Orangeville First Night festivities. Not just once, but twice, revellers had the chance to greet 2006. At 9 p.m. More...

Local News

HOUSE TOUR FUNDRAISER:

The annual Shelburne Holiday House Tour raised $2,500 for the Shelburne Public Library last month. Tour organizers Cheryl Soper, Sandra Gallaugher and Pat Boyd presented the proceeds to Shelburne Library Board member Geoff Dunlop. More...

No shows at blood donor clinic

The turnout for a Boxing Day blood donor clinic in Shelburne was disappointing to Canadian Blood Services (CBS). More...

A night in the life of Orangeville Police through the eyes of a journalist

When most people are settling down for dinner, the Orangeville Police night-shift officers are More...

Mailbox

‘Why have we not learned?’

The senseless murder of fifteen year old Jane Creba on Yonge St. by random gunfire last Boxing Day has sickened everyone. The brutal end to this young girl, in the bloom of her life, speaks to the descent of this city from the once stigma of More...

Where is the equity?

This letter is about two kinds of measuring sticks and the inequality that arises from their use. More...

Better judgement

Re: Mono Mills intersection dangers / Dec.29 During the past two years, Larry Calcutt has seen four crashes (one fatal) at the Mono Mills/ Highway 9 intersection. As he sees it, the problem is that drivers turning off 9 don More...

Sports

Busy week still sees Midgets in first

It may have been called the Christmas break but the Hockley Valley Resort Midget AA Flyers have had little time for rest over the last two weeks. More...

Northmen B awards night

The MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Junior B Northmen wrapped up one of their most successful seasons to date with their season ending banquet and awards night. More...

Local curlers in regional play

This weekend will present a great opportunity to see some great live curling at the Orangeville Curling Club. More...

WEIGHING IN AT 7 lbs 1oz, Bryce Robert McKnight was Dufferin County More...

MTO answers concerns on intersection

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Walter Tovell, 89, was fascinated by museums

Dufferin County has lost one of its most famous residents with the passing of Walter Massey Tovell, one of the founders and great benefactors of its museum and archives. More...

Columns

Just a Tuning Fork

Because my father is visually challenged, he attended the school for the blind in Brantford, Ontario, many, many years ago. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

What looked like a bust at the beginning of last week turned out to be a surprising success for Branch 233 by the time December 31st rolled around. A near-capacity crowd complete with the customary New Year More...

Orangeville Trustee (Upper Grand District School Board)

Monthly Column Edition: December, 2005

On of my additional responsibilities, as a result of being your elected public school trustee, is to sit on a provincial advisory committee investigating the effects of violence in the media. More...