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March 30, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL:

Gregg Reekie and Jade Oullet have been busy tapping the trees and getting ready for the Optimist Maple Syrup Festival, this weekend at Island Lake. More...

Poll suggests opposition to pesticides

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A newly released poll conducted by Oraclepoll Research for an environmentalist group on pesticide use indicates 60.7 per cent of Orangeville homeowners would likely stop using cosmetic pesticides if they could keep their lawns free of weeds without t More...

Local News

Air Cadet Squadron active helpers in community

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Youth involved in the air cadet program in Shelburne can expect a program full of challenge and fun. More...

HOME AND GARDEN SHOW.

Bill Teeter, David Ferrier and Gerry Lindsay, members of the Orangeville Lions Club, were pleased with the turnout at the ninth annual Spring Home and Garden Show last weekend. More...

Grand Opera set for Opera House Apr. 6

Opera Plus, a local community group under the direction of Rosa Antony, in association with Ars Musica, Toronto, will perform highlights from Puccine%27s "Madame Butterfly," one of the most famous and best-loved operas in the entire repertoire at More...

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Mailbox

Censoring of media column reaction

Good for Stephen Harper Re: Mandi Hargrave%27s column ("Government wants to censor media," March 23): More...

Not as good a deal

Re: College said a good deal Brett Reynolds of Caledon, writes that he feels a college education in Ontario is dirt cheap. I don%27t know what college or program he attended, but I suspect his education is not recent. More...

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Regional News

Court rules ELGV highway designation invalid

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

An ad hoc group of a dozen property owners has won an argument that the Township of East Luther Grand Valley acted to avoid the Line Fences Act when it designated an abandoned rail line as a "highway." More...

Provincial money slated for area roads and bridges

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

The provincial budget presented by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan, last Thursday will see nearly $3.2 million going to Dufferin County and its local municipalities toward improving public transit, municipal roads and bridges. More...

Abandoned wells part of pollution problem

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Some 100,000 abandoned wells in Ontario are contributing to the contamination of aquifers, a senior environmental adviser of remediation and reclamation services at Imperial Oil told a More...

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Obituaries

Fr. Mahoney, 88, died at his Caledon home

The Rev. Edward J. Mahoney, a beloved former pastor of Orangeville%27s St. Timothy parish, died on Friday, March 24 at his home on the Forks of the Credit Road. He was in his 89th year and the 61st year of his priesthood. More...

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Townline's trucks targeted by town

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

When Broadway was being repaired last year, Townline became one of the favoured alternate routes, causing through traffic to increase on the road and leaving residents frustrated and afraid to walk on its sidewalks. More...

Residents divided on draft outdoor fire bylaw

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Orangeville residents who voiced opinions on a draft Outdoor Fire Bylaw Monday night were pretty much equally divided in support or opposition to its features. More...

SKATE CANADA ORANGEVILLE took over the Tony Rose arena on Saturday staging two near sold out performances of their 2006 season finale "British Invasion". For more photos, please turn to page B1. More...

Editorial

Too-political budget is piling up our debt load

THE EDITORIAL REACTION by three Toronto dailies to last week%27s More...

Orangeville Citizen/

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Must the median be a barrier?

NOW THAT POTHOLES ARE IN BLOOM throughout Orangeville, and More...

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Columns

Caught ya!!

Rev. Susan Wilson

A funny thing happened on the way to the meeting.....Actually, it wasn%27t really that funny, and it turned out to be quite a moment for some serious learning. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville

For this Friday Members Night, Lindsay Morgan is back at Branch 233 to entertain in the Lounge from 6 pm until 10. From 5 pm until 7, we will be serving Roast Beef Dinners for $4.00 to eat-in or take out. More...

Fire a product of six years' indecision

Tom Claridge

One oft-heard prediction finally came true last week when Orangeville%27s More...

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Sports

Weekend split leaves series tied 2-2

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

With four games under their belt, the battle between the Shelburne Muskie and Elora Rocks looks like it will be going the distance in this war of attrition that it seems neither team is willing to concede. More...

Kirk named Player of the Week

Vermont sophomore Jamie Kirk (Orangeville, Ontario) of the University of Vermont Catamounts men%27s lacrosse team has More...

Atom AA Flyers go distance for silver

The Orangeville Flyers showed guts, skill and determination in spades, but that wasn%27t enough to get past the Aurora Tigers in game five of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association Minor Atom AA final held at the Tony Rose on Sunday afternoon. More...

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