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BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS of Dufferin have received a $25,000 grant to start a new program called Go Girls. Front, left to right: MP David Tilson and Nancy Stallmach, executive director. More...

‘First Night’ to be celebrated in downtown Orangeville

The Town of Orangeville More...

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Editorial

2007: will it be another multi-election year?

EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE pointing toward 2007 seeing Ontario voters trooping to the polls twice, with a federal election probably taking place in the spring and a provincial election following in October. More...

Orangeville Citizen

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Narrow views likely to doom mankind

THE MOST SOBERING TRUTH to emerge from the Dec. 1 ice storm has nothing to do directly with wind turbines, although the icing of the blades has given anti-turbine activists a bit of ammunition. More...

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Mailbox

Homestead ‘an important part of our National Heritage’

This is a letter to everyone concerning More...

‘Doing nothing not the answer’

This letter is in response to the article by Mandi Hargrave in your December 14th edition, headed More...

Broadway ‘is just Broadway’

I have lived in the Orangeville area for 20 years and am continually amazed by the repeated use of incorrect names for our main street. Broadway. It is just Broadway. Not Broadway Street, or Broadway Avenue or Broadway anything else. More...

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Regional News

Vimy Ridge revisited by Canadian students

By CHRIS DAS Freelance Reporter

In Commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the battle of Vimy Ridge during the First World War, history teacher David Robinson from Port Perry High School will lead a Canadian contingent of as many as 3,600 secondary students to a special tour whic More...

Mel Lloyd Centre leases renewed

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

County council has renewed its five-year leases with medical facilities at Mel Lloyd Centre, at rental rates approximating $12 a square foot for 2007. More...

Murdoch seeks milk probe

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

MPP Bill Murdoch (PC Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound) has fallen short of supporting the distribution of raw milk by one of his constituents, but does support an all-party investigation of whether or not it should be legal in Ontario for anyone to drink the u More...

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Province lays down law on courthouse

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin Warden John Oosterhof, his successors in 2008 and 2009, and the largely new county council might be facing difficult decisions during the early years of their tenure, as the province has served an ultimatum on courthouse space. More...

Canadian Hydro adds potentially 1,000 MW wind energy

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (CHD) has acquired all shares of Vector Wind Energy Inc. for a cash payment of $5.3- million, the companies said in a joint news release just before Christmas. More...

THE TRILLIUM MONTESSORI School of Orangeville has donated toques and mittens to Dufferin Child and Family Services. This is the third year the students have made a donation to the organization. More...

Local News

SHELLY PATTERSON signs a book for Hilda Pincoe during the launch of her latest novel, Sundancer, at BookLore on Dec. 16. More...

Big Brothers, Big Sisters gets funding for program

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dufferin received $25,000 in funding on Dec. 15 through the federal government More...

Audition Weekend at Century Church Theatre

Auditions will be held next week at Century Church Theatre, Hillsburgh, for both the professional and amateur theatre companies. The professional Summer Festival shows in July and August are More...

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Columns

Ottawa Journal

For the week of December 25-29, 2006
By David Tilson, MP Dufferin-Caledon

New Year More...

With Your Permission

In with the new
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Ihave always been impressed with the magic of the New Year. More...

National Affairs

We are not a
Claire Hoy

O n Christmas Eve, in the west end of Toronto, a 23-year-old man walked out of a restaurant with a group of his friends and was promptly shot at close range by a man wielding a handgun. More...

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Sports

Bye bye Charlie, Crushers go with Milne

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Christmas came to the Crushers dressing room a few days early last week. While it More...

Fish drop Rocks

A well-rounded effort from all four lines, strong defence and solid goaltending all combined to lift Shelburne past Elora both on the scoreboard and in the standings when the Muskies defeated the visiting Rock 7- 5 before a vocal crowd at the CDRC o More...

IN A SEESAWBATTLE, the ODSS Bears Senior Girls volleyball team took Bishop Mac- Donell the distance but could not quite find the key to victory, dropping a close 3-2 match to the undefeated District 10 leaders by scores of 23-25, 25-10, 23-25, 26-24 More...

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