April 13, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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BREAKFAST WITH THE EASTER BUNNY.

The Easter Bunny made an early appearance for breakfast, last weekend, at the Orangeville Women's Centre, breakfast. Grace Hood and Lindsay Grant, 5, both from Orangeville, pose for a picture with the chocolate-hiding hare. More...

WAL-MART MANAGER ROD HILL and staff presented Doris Cassan, manager of Women's and Children's Health at Headwaters Health Care Centre, along with Catherine Matsig with toys to take back to the hospital. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Is everyone out of step but D-P school board?

THE 43-PAGE REPORT by two educators who examined the spending More...

Orangeviilllle Ciittiizen

Full Story

Public health revenues up, services down

THE PRESS RELEASE from the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Health Unit More...

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Columns

Ottawa Journal

For the week of April 10-14, 2006
By David Tilson, MP Dufferin-Caledon

The Conservative Government Cracks Down on Crime In early April, Prime Minister Harper addressed the Canadian Professional Police Association. During his speech, Prime Minister Harper raised the increasing problem of crime across Canada. More...

Wines have many levels, perceptions

Aprr ii ll Nottess ff rrom tthe Wiine Knott
BY HUGH SUTHERLAND

The wine Knot is the area at the top of the grape vine trunk where each season the new shoots that will bear grapes emergeand normally where these shoots are pruned back each season - the start of the process of wine making More...

A hopeless task?

Tom Claridge

They keep trying, but city and town councils just about everywhere have More...

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Sports

Chesler Second in $25,000 Littlewood Toyota Grand Prix

By Brigitte O'Neill

With spring now officially here, most Canadians have decided to return home so that they can prepare for the spring and summer horse show season. More...

Otters swim club fares well in two competitions

Following a busy month of training, the Orangeville Otters were back to competition at the beginning of April with the team split between two meets. More...

Local club hosts bonspiel

AREA CURLERS had the opportunity this past weekend to see some of the best in Ontario. The Orangeville Curling Club played host to both the Ontario Mixed Championship as well as the Ontario Seniors Mixed Championship. More...

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Opposition to cuts in arena hours

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

A cut in operating hours at the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Centre has been proposed to save money in the town's 2006 budget, but residents who appeared before town council Monday night indicated they would prefer a higher hike in property taxes. More...

Teen with cancer begs for pesticide ban

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

For almost two years a young girl and her friends have been asking the Town to ban pesticide use in Orangeville. More...

Provincial cap on public health money hits local unit

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

The Wellington-DufferinGuelph Public Health Unit has had to revisit its 2006 budget because of a cap on public health spending the provincial Ministry of Health and Long Term Care announced in March. More...

Local News

Wind technicians keep active at turbines

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Whether it happens in the "wee hours" or the middle of the day, if anything goes wrong with a wind turbine, it'll shut itself down immediately and send an alert to a wind technician, says Kevin Carswell, the operations manager at Canadian More...

Golf Academy opens in Mono

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Area golf enthusiasts looking to improve their game or work on their swing now have a new outdoor practice facility to help players get ready for the season. More...

MADD for Music at the Opera House

STUDENTS OF Pamela Claridge presented a programme at the Orangeville Town Hall Opera House last Wednesday evening. More...

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Mailbox

'Unbelievable' budget discussions

An open letter to the Council of Orangeville. Re: Budget discussions More...

Criticism for 'No Common Ground' letter

Ron Bosman (No Common ground/ April 6) sloughs off William Bothwell's thought that "increased dialogue" between Muslims and Christians might help heal the gap that separates them. Mr. More...

Amaranth resident 'totally opposed' to wind farm

The following letter to Amaranth Council was submitted for publication: More...

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Regional News

Are we spending beyond our water-income means?

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Canadians are beneficiaries of the "water capital" created by the glaciers More...

Think twice about Easter bunnies as gifts

The Ontario Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is advising the public to think twice about giving live rabbits as gifts for Easter. More...

Credit union sponsors Co-operative Young Leaders

Peoples Credit Union in Shelburne is participating in Co-operative Young Leaders (CYL), a program intended to develop our future leaders by providing opportunities for young people to learn about themselves and the co-operative way of getting things More...

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