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December 7, 2006 RSS feed / Front Page

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Fiscal responsibility top priority for new council

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter
Fiscal responsibility will be job one for Orangeville's new council members, Mayor Rob Adams told the crowd dominated by family members that attended the council's inauguration Monday night. More...

New Mono council aims to make a difference

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Promising residents that they'll make a difference, Mono's new council, with three re-elected members and two new members, was sworn into office Friday morning by a former mayor, Justice of the Peace John Creelman. More...

Local News

Freeman the only chief in new book

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Rod Freeman, Orangeville's chief of police, is featured as the only person of that rank in Dorothy Pedersen's latest publication, Canadian Police Heroes: Beyond the Call of Duty. Ms. More...

Garisto back in election-mode

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Recent Orangeville mayoral candidate Nick Garisto is the sixth person to announce an intention to seek to be the Progressive Conservative candidate for the new provincial riding of Dufferin-Caledon. No stranger to politics, Mr. More...

Danny Marks Rock & Roll Trio to perform at First Night

Orangeville's First Night Committee has announced that the Danny Marks Rock & Roll Trio will be the headliner on the outdoor stage at the First Night celebration December 31 in downtown Orangeville. More...

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Mailbox

'People merely want the truth'

The ice and windstorm that swept across Dufferin last Friday 1 December wreaked havoc and our electrical distribution system was one of its victims. More...

Congratulations on election

I am writing to express my sincere And, I have observed the professionalism congratulations to Mr. J. More...

Hospice gives thanks

We are very fortunate that ordinary people do extraordinary things in the Dufferin community all the time. At Hospice Dufferin, we see this all the time. More...

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Regional News

First blast of winter triggers power outages

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Southern Ontario received its first real blast of winter Friday, when two storm systems moved into the area laced with freezing rain, leaving Shelburne, Dundalk, some Orangeville residents and rural Hydro One customers in the dark, some for nearly 7 More...

Peel CAS among 4 agencies slammed by auditor general

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

The Peel Children's Aid Society was one of four in the province visited by Ontario's auditor general, whose report suggested the agencies were spending extravagantly on everything but child welfare. More...

More soldiers from Dufferin stationed in Afghanistan

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Two former Dufferin sons, graduates of Centre Dufferin District High School in Shelburne who called Mansfield home, are members of the same unit in Petewawa and currently are serving together in Afghanistan as part of the UN-sanctioned, NATO-led Int More...

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Businesses invest in Broadway

Even though the medians on Broadway have had their share of critics in the past, Forecast Inc. and One99 Restaurant see the Broadway Beautification Project as visionary and a beacon of prosperity in the downtown core. More...

Ice renders wind turbines idle

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A "highly unusual" combination of weather conditions forced Canadian Hydro Developers (CHD) to shut down all 45 wind turbines in the Melancthon I plant at a time when many residents of Dufferin County were experiencing a blackout, and they remained More...

Editorial

Why can we sell tobacco products but not 'raw' milk?

SELDOM, IF EVER, have we seen Premier Dalton McGuinty and Finance Minister Greg Sorbara as far apart on an issue as they were last week on the subject of Ontario's longstanding ban on sales of "raw" (unpasteurized) milk. More...

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Full Story

A project GO Transit should consider

ANYONE WHO HAS ENJOYED a trip on the Credit Valley Explorer tour train will be well aware of the fact that at Snelgrove, GO Transit has a golden opportunity that may soon be missed. More...

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Columns

Unleashed Thoughts

For adults, winter's really not enjoyable
Mandi Hargrave

It's only the first week of December and I'm already sick of winter. The unfortunate thing is that winter technically doesn't even start until Dec. 22. At least for us adults, when you really think about it, winter simply just isn't enjoyable . More...

National Affairs

Harper should like the Liberal result
Claire Hoy

I n early October, when the Liberals announced the results of delegate balloting - locking delegates to a particular candidate for the convention's opening ballot - Stephan Dion, the eventual winner, was in a virtual tie for third place with Gerard More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Happy whatever!
William Bothwell

T he non-specific greeting "Happy holidays" at this time of year doesn't mean much. I sometimes reply to it, "Happy 'whatever' to you too". More...

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Sports

Muskies win pair following coaching change

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Life at the top can be a fleeting thing. And no one knows this better than Scott Funston who was released from his duties as head coach of the Shelburne Muskies late last week. More...

Twisters host meet

Over 240 gymnasts representing 22 clubs converged on the Alder Street Community Centre this past weekend to compete in the first Provincial Qualifier for the 2006-07 season hosted by the Twisters Gymnastics and Trampoline Club. More...

Silver for Tigers at Saugeen

The Orangeville Atom B Tigers sponsored by Sanderson Source for Sports were finalists at the Saugeen Shores Silver Stick Tournament on November 26. More...

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