January 12, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

Amaranth opposes county composting

In a motion circulated to all Dufferin municipalities, Amaranth Township council is opposing county takeover of recycling, except for the hazardous waste days. More...

Local News

Little passion at all-candidates session in Shelburne

Perhaps they were still stoking their fires, but there was little passion displayed by would-be members of Parliament during the all-candidates meeting in Shelburne last Thursday night. More...

Harper presents child care plan in Bolton

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper chose the day care centre at Husky Injection Molding Systems in Bolton on Friday to provide details of his party More...

Tory opens constituency office

MPP JOHN TORY celebrated the new year by holding an open house at his Orangeville constituency office on January 6. The office was filled with area residents from the Township of Southgate to Mount Forest. Above, Mr. More...

Mailbox

Columnist ‘misinformed’ about PR

A recent column in the Orangeville Citizen/Free Press by Claire Hoy contains much of the same old misinformation about proportional representation, and for that matter, about our current system. More...

Safe Communities say thanks

Many, many thanks! The Orangeville Mall provided Safe Communities of the Hill Country a location in the mall where a host of volunteers could wrap seasonal gifts. More...

Hayward’s ‘good rant’ exposed

Re: Letter, More...

Sports

Crushers salvage single point for efforts

The Orangeville Crushers came out of the Christmas break refreshed, recharged and ready to take on all challengers this past weekend. More...

Bears rebound for win

It went down to the wire and a single point off a foul shot with 26 seconds remaining to play, but the Orangeville District Secondary School senior boys basketball team managed to pull out a 50-49 win over the St. More...

WOMENS NATIONAL Hockey League play came Orangeville last weekend when the Brampton Thunder defeated the Durham Lightning before an enthusiastic crowd at the Tony Rose Sports Complex on Friday night. More...

BIA wants ‘monolithic’ slabs removed

In order to maintain Broadway as a heritage district, BIA (Business Improvement Area) Chair Geoff Chandler has asked Orangeville Council to remove the More...

JARED HERBERT lead the ODSS Bears Senior Boys basketball team with 13 points to a 50-49 win over the St. James Lions in District 10 basketball action at home on Tuesday afternoon. More...

Mono residents raise questions on their own land use

The provincial Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan has Mono residents questioning how they can use their land, if it becomes part of the Town More...

Regional News

Casino Rama bus accident

A tour bus destined for Casino Rama in Orillia and carrying 29 senior residents from the Kitchener area, collided with a passenger van in Caledon at the intersection of St Andrews Road and More...

ELGV Official Plan close to completion

East Luther Grand Valley consultant Jim Dyment says he is meeting with officials of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs next Tuesday to review final revisions to the township More...

January is Crime Stoppers Month

Crime Stoppers Month was officially launched on Tuesday, as various Crime Stoppers programs in more than 20 countries around the world marked the event with the unveiling of proclamations, special flag raising ceremonies, presentations to municipal c More...