July 20, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

BETTY DIDUCK, from Home Depot, helps Rachel Hay create an art caddy at More...

Local News

Golf course, housing near Island Lake a concern for neighbours

Neighbours in Mono are voicing concerns over a proposed Official Plan (OP) amendment as well as a proposed development that includes houses and a golf course east of the Island Lake Estate subdivision. More...

HEAT WAVE: Rhiannon Walch, visiting from Alberta, enjoyed a day at Every Kid's Park More...

Orangeville baby killed by falling tree at provincial park

Rory Ockenden, the four-month-old son of Christopher Ockenden and Erin FitzGibbon of Orangeville, was killed last Saturday afternoon by a falling tree at Sandbanks Provincial Park, near Picton. More...

Mailbox

Letters about the Middle East conflict

The wasteland of hate that now contaminates the peoples of Israel and Palestine has penetrated to their very hearts to such a depth that it could be generations before this mutual hate is erased. More...

Chronic Whiners

Chronic Whiners, who, alas have little sense of style More...

Shocked at disrespect

OPERATION LEGACY: To commemorate and to preserve Canada's military heritage More...

Regional News

Schneider seeks wind-farm test approval

Toronto-based Schneider Power Inc. was scheduled to appear at Amaranth council last night to seek approval for temporary rezoning as a preliminary step toward possible creation of two five-turbine wind plants. More...

Wind farm expansion likely delayed a year

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (CHDI) has announced it expects a full-year delay in construction of its Melancthon II wind-energy project, with an estimated added capital cost of $10million, resulting in a new capital cost estimate of $275-million. More...

No county support for ELGV appeal

East Luther Grand Valley Mayor John Oosterhof found himself with only questionable support last Thursday when he asked county council to consider supporting his township's appeal of a Superior Court decision quashing its bylaw to create a roadway on More...

Consultants eye large-scale incineration

Dufferin County Council has engaged Markham-based MacViro Consultants to evaluate responses to Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) at a cost not greater than $47,000, for thermal and biological treatment of garbage. More...

Island Lake beach unsafe for swimmers

For a third time in as many years, the beach at Island Lake Conservation Area has been posted as unsafe for More...

UGDSB budget sounds a warning bell

Announcing a balanced budget is typically a good news story, but this year Bob Borden says it was a struggle and the the Upper Grand District School Board had to use $1 million of reserve funds to stay in compliance with the provincial mandate of a b More...

Editorial

Just how safe must our drinking water be?

"Water, water everywhere, Nor any drop to drink." More...

Orangeville Citizen

Full Story

Where's there a sense of urgency?

THE MOST STARTLING, but not surprising, revelation from a representative of a major More...

Columns

Orangeville Trustee (Upper Grand District School Board)

On Tuesday, July 18th, The Board Budget Committee of the Upper Grand District School Board will table its recommended budget for the 2006-7 school year. More...

Unleashed Thoughts

Trying to protect a trail

With the sound of trickling water running down the creek and birds More...

National Affairs

Conflict is causing terrible costs

E verybody has played chicken. Normally, it's a relatively harmless childhood game, More...

Sports

Headwaters' Iron Docs competing in triathlon

On Sunday, August 27, local doctors David Cormier, Anna Davenport and Brian Wilson will once again push themselves to the limit of human endurance, this time at the 24th annual Ironman Canada Triathlon in Penticton, B.C. More...

Northmen A come up big in opener

Two games into their best of seven quarter final playoff series against the St Catharines Athletic's, the Rayburn Construction Junior A Northmen find themselves going back to St Catharines with the series tied at one game apiece. More...

B's split pair with Spartan

For the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Junior B Northmen, home was as good a place as any to kick off the second round of their playoff run with a big 9-2 win over Spartan on Friday night. More...