October 5, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

CHALLENGING STUDENTS TO READ was the idea behind a recent event that More...

Local News

Mono has a race for mayor, council seats

It won't be as easy a ride to the top for Mono Mayor Keith Thompson, who won last time by acclamation, as newcomer Lorrie Haddock has become a last-minute challenger for the town's mayoralty. More...

LEARNING ABOUT SAFETY:

Students at Princess Elizabeth Public School were More...

Mono council hosts visitors from Japan

Mono council convened a special session early Sunday morning to greet a group of visitors from Sumita, Japan. More...

Mailbox

Questions about property assessment

An open letter to Regional Chair Emil Kolb The Regional Municipality of Peel More...

Editorial on registry said full of misinformation'

Re: "The gun registry: should we kill it or fix it?", Sept. 28, 2006. More...

Regional News

2007 election

Tory seeks PC nomination in his home riding

John Tory was expected to announce last night that he will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination in Toronto's Don Valley West riding, currently held by Education Minister Kathleen Wynne. More...

Fire prevention is important

Once a year, for one week only, the aim of firefighters is slightly altered from the routine to helping the public think about preventing fires. More...

Sports

Crushers score first win over Spirit

One step forward, one step back. After a slow start, the Orangeville Crushers managed putting all the pieces together last Thursday to record their first season win on the road in Stouffville. More...

WILD TIME.

The ODSS playing feild was the venue last Friday afternoon when Dufferin County girls More...

Muskies ready for season start

The skates have been sharpened, sticks taped and the pucks are on ice for the home opener of the Shelburne Muskies 2006- 07 season at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex on Saturday night. More...

Parent slams parks' lack of accessibility

A parent outraged at council's failure to comply with a Town policy passed in 1998 that required new parks and updates of old parks be accessible to all children addressed current councillors Monday evening, asking them to enforce this policy. More...

Currie takes personal issue with CHD statement

Amaranth Mayor Bob Currie - who has never voted on issues involving the proposed Melancthon II wind project - has written as a private citizen seeking clarification of a statement attributed to Ross Keating, president of Canadian Hydro Developers Inc More...

Zoning amendment reinstates commercial businesses

A zoning bylaw amendment approved Monday night allows a restaurant and bank to be reinstated in the northerly portion of land located on the southeast corner of Riddell and Centennial roads. More...

Kennedy the choice of Dufferin-Caledon Liberals

Liberal leadership candidate Gerard Kennedy might be fighting for second place in the national race, but he's the front-runner in the minds of Dufferin-Caledon delegates to the party's December finishline convention. More...

Editorial

Toronto's bad example no excuse for Dufferin

TORONTO'S DECISION TO BUY into the garbage business rather More...

Orangeville Citizen

Full Story

Why not try some all-way stops?

There's one place where Dufferin County's roadways are vastly different from those in More...

Columns

Random Reflections

'Commitment to customers' fell short

More that 30 years have passed since the Claridge family settled on Mono's More...

National Affairs

Clearly Ignatieff's race to lose

A nd now there are four. Actually, there are still eight contenders for the national More...

Queen's Park

Parties slipping from the 'high road'

Ontario's political parties have been promising to take the high road to next More...