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November 30, 2006 RSS feed / Local News

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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...

Investors Group campaigning for Orangeville food bank

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

After a huge success last year, employees of Investors Group will be campaigning once again on Wednesday, Dec. 6 to help stock the shelves at the Orangeville Food Bank. More...

MS motivational speaker coming to Orangeville

Next Thursday, December 7, Robert Bertolas, threetime marathon runner and fitness enthusiast who has been living with MS for 19 years, will be at Orangeville's Alder Street recreation centre, where a local MS support group will join him for an evenin More...

Discussing Wind Turbines

Windrush officials and landowners discuss Ashton Ridge Golf Course Wind Farm during a public meeting at the Grand Valley District Public School Monday night. More...

Headwaters opens doors to cell phones

Patients and visitors may now use a cell phone or BlackBerry when they visit Headwaters Health Care Centre. More...

Volunteers watch skyline to protect residents

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Volunteers trained to spot and confirm severe weather have been keeping their eyes posted on the Dufferin skyline for the past 10 years to warn and help protect area residents from extreme weather conditions. More...

Tractor, Turf and Trail celebrate new location

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

For the past five years Tractor, Turf and Trail has been operating off Highway 10, but they've recently expanded their facility and now operate on the 2nd Line in Mono just north of Highway 9. More...

Theatre Orangeville bringing world premiere of Woolfe's 'Twas

Brought to life through Theatre Orangeville's New Play Development initiative, Eric Woolfe's More...

Dufferin Landowners active on milk issue

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Members of the recently founded Dufferin Landowners Association joined their Grey County peers last week to protest a Ministry of Natural Resources seizure of milk-processing equipment at a Glencolton Township (formerly Glenelg) dairy More...

HARMONY HEALTH NATUROPATHIC Clinic celebrated its new location, 10 Zina Street, with an open house on Nov. 23. Left to right: Dr. More...

250 hear Christmas message of hope

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

More than 250 persons were in Orangeville Baptist Church Sunday afternoon for a memorial Christmas service sponsored by the Egan Funeral Home, and heard a message of hope and inspiration from Dr. More...

New features to help mark Christmas in the Park opening

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

For the 15th year, Christmas in the Park will light up Orangeville's Kaycee Gardens to celebrate the holidays with thousands of sparkling LED lights and many displays, both old and new. More...

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...

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...

Another candidate seeks provincial PC nomination

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Paul Hong, a 22-year resident of Bolton and Caledon is the latest candidate seeking the nomination of the provincial Dufferin-Caledon Progressive Conservative Association. More...

'High miler' on Highway 9

On Wednesday of last week at about 3 p.m., a Caledon OPP officer observed a motor vehicle travelling at an extreme high rate of speed on Highway 9 near St. Andrews Road. More...

32 Canadian Brigade Group using Shelburne for a domestic exercise

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

The Canadian Forces Army Reserve unit 32 Canadian Brigade Group is travelling to Shelburne this weekend to conduct a domestic response exercise alongside the Town of Shelburne and Dufferin County. More...

CHRISTMAS WREATH AUCTION:

The Yellow Briar Chapter of IODE will be holding their Twelve Days of Christmas silent auction starting tomorrow (Friday, Dec. 1) at both libraries. Bids will be accepted until Dec. 12 and the winners will be contacted on Dec. 13. More...

THE NEW MILL STREET BRIDGE is complete and the road is open to traffic. More...

EAST GARAFRAXA, A HISTORY had its second launch at the Dufferin County Museum Saturday. The first was in Marsville in October. Co-authors Steven Brown and Krista Taylor were on hand at the museum to discuss their work and sign books. More...

Meridian gives United Way a $150,000 lift

Meridian Credit Union has given a much-needed lift to dozens of needy families across Ontario. More...

Aladdin opens at Century Church Theatre

If someone said the name Aladdin, what would you think of? Would you think of magic carpets, a cave in the desert filled with treasure and a powerful genie inside a lamp? More...

Christmas concert at old Corbetton church

Dufferin residents are invited to enjoy some live seasonal music this Sunday afternoon performed by Quartet plus One in the quaint candlelit setting of Historic Corbetton Church on the county museum's grounds. More...

Townhall Players to present Dick Whittington

One sure sign Christmas is almost here is the Caledon Townhall Players Christmas show. More...

Serious injuries in crash on Airport Road

Caledon OPP responded to a serious motor vehicle collision involving a tractortrailer on Airport Road, north of Mayfield Road last Saturday night. More...