May 18, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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YOUTH FESTIVAL GETS DONATION.

Community First Foundation made a $2,500 donation to the organizers More...

PANCAKE BREAKFAST.

The Orangeville Farmers' Market officially kicked off More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Are the 'baby bonus' cheques really necessary?

WITHOUT A DOUBT, the new federal government's first budget More...

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Who should pay for a bypass?

IN ONTARIO, as in most other jurisdictions, the rule used to be that once through traffic More...

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Columns

Ottawa Journal

For the week of May 15-19, 2006
By David Tilson, MP Dufferin-Caledon

Renewal of the NORAD Agreement The North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) is a bi-national military organization established in 1958 by Canada and the United States. More...

Will the message be heard?

Lavinia Kerr

The first long weekend of the summer is almost here and with it, the traditional flood of warnings about the dangers of drinking and driving will be issued. But will the message ever be heard? More...

Mucho Mexican music

Richard Furness

Next to the cost of living and the climate, perhaps the best thing about winter in Mexico was the music. More...

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Sports

Junior B Northmen continue winning ways

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Three weeks and six games in, the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Junior B Northmen continue to More...

Outlaws set for kickoff

The Town of Orangeville has proclaimed May 28th, 2006 Outlaws Football day to show support for our youth football programs. More...

A's struggle at home

Three games into their 2006 season, the Rayburn Construction Junior A Northmen are still struggling to find their stride. More...

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County moves on gasification

By LANA FLEMING Staff Reporter

Dufferin County plans to embark on a gasification system to deal with local waste in the next two months, and some councillors are talking seriously about processing Toronto waste for profit at the new facility. More...

Projected cost to upgrade town wells jumps $2M

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

With some tender calls yet to be made for Orangeville's water well upgrades, the latest cost estimate, at $16,158,735, is up just over $2 million from the estimate in a 2004 application for Ontario Small Town and Rural (OSTAR) funding. More...

Brown won't seek 3rd term as mayor

By THOMAS CLARIDGE Editor

Drew Brown has decided two three-year terms as Orangeville's mayor are enough. More...

Local News

Photo/MANDI HARGRAVE JUST FRIENDS SINGERS will be hosting a concert this Tuesday, May 30 at 8 p.m. at the Tweedsmuir Presbyterian Church on John Street. Tickets are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. More...

Charges against Dopp stayed

An Orangeville resident who is a member of Peel Regional Police has won a stay of prosecution on several charges, laid against him back in June 2004, because of delays in bringing the case to trial. More...

CHOICES YOUTH SHELTER RECEIVES DONATION. Mike Sangregorio was pleased to turn over a donation of $500 to Choices Youth Shelter, Gary Bovard and Denise Fashina. More...

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Mailbox

Wind Power Who will benefit more?

I know that the taxpayers of Melancthon Township will benefit more than they know when Phase II of the Melancthon Wind Project is completed. More...

How to spend the money

New parks and trails or the recreation equipment to maintain existing parks? How do you want to see parkland reserve money spent? More...

Hats off to hospital

Hats off to Headwaters Shelburne! In the past week, every time I visit the hospital in Shelburne, the carved angel at the entrance to the parking lot says a thousand words. More...

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Regional News

Paradis wants poverty seen as human rights breach

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Former Orangeville resident Emily Paradis is working to have homelessness and poverty viewed as a violation of human rights. More...

Immigration charges laid

A North York man and his companion face drug and immigration charges respectively after an arrest at a Mulmur Township gas station late Friday night. More...

Grand Valley resident helps rebuild New Orleans

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

After hearing about the tragic stories coming out of New Orleans, due to the double dose of hurricanes, a Grand Valley resident thought it was important to help families rebuild. More...

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