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November 30, 2006 / Front Page

BEFORE A CROWD of hundreds gathered downtown, Mayor Drew Brown joined with Dufferin Caledon MP David Tilson in welcoming Santa Claus to Orangeville for the official lighting of the town's Christmas tree. More...

Dillman, Montgomery the winners in recounts

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The losing mayoral candidates in Melancthon and Mulmur townships could technically seek a judicial review within 14 days, but chances are that Gord Montgomery will remain mayor of Mulmur by a single vote, and Ron Dillman mayor of Melancthon by four b More...

Mill Street bridge is finally complete

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Five months of detours around the Mill Street bridge are finally a thing of the past because reconstruction of the bridge is complete and the roadway is paved. More...

Local News

Mono looking to become more accessible

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

A preliminary construction budget from R. J. Burnside and Associates has shown that making Mono's municipal office more handicap accessible will cost $301,000. More...

Rural residents more apt to join the military

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Rural Canadians are more apt to join the Canadian Forces because of their family background, according to Sergeant Arnold Parris at the Orangeville recruiting station. More...

CLEANING UP THE ENVIRONMENT:

Matt Dewilde, Grade 9 geography class, and Jennifer Nicholas, Grade 10 history class, were among Westside Secondary School students who picked up garbage in the Alder Street and Riddell Road area last Thursday. More...

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Dufferin County History said incomplete

How soon we forget? I understand they launched the Dufferin County History Book recently at Marsville. I am wondering why none of our family were contacted to submit our history to the book seeing as we lived at Price's Corners for 17 years. More...

'Very shortsighted'

Ken Hayward's letter, which appeared in the Wednesday, November 23, 2006 issue of the Orangeville Citizen shocked and disappointed me. More...

Disastrous consequences?

William Bothwell is mistaken when he says that a seceding Quebec would be obliged to leave the Ungava region behind in Canada. More...

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Regional News

Ethanol driving up corn prices

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

With the growth of ethanol plants in North America, plus Ontario's edict that 10 per cent of automobile fuel must be ethanol by the year 2009, the price of corn has begun to climb, and experts are predicting the trend will continue. More...

Confirmed influenza cases reported by health unit

Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph Public Health has received the first two laboratory confirmed cases of Influenza A for the 2006-07 season. One case of Influenza A was reported in North Wellington and the other in Guelph. More...

Buffitt to sing at County inaugural

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Shelley Buffitt, a recipient of the Governor General's Exemplary Service award for nearly a quarter century as a paramedic, and of several musical awards as a More...

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Town of Mono council approves draft conditions for Brett Farm subdivision

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

As one of its last acts, the outgoing Mono council has approved a "draft plan of vacant land condominium" for the Aragon (Hockley) Development at the former Brett Farm property at Highway 10 and 5 Sideroad. More...

Studies under way for ELGV wind farm

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A mostly supportive crowd of about 100 East Luther Grand Valley residents heard Monday night that Windrush Energy would hope to have two 10- megawatt wind farms online at Ashton Ridge by 2008. More...

UNIONIZED WORKERS at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCB0) handed out leaflets to customers in Orangeville on Wednesday afternoon. The postcard campaign is asking Dalton McGuinty to put an immediate freeze on all new agency stores. More...