February 15, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

SHELBURNE RESIDENT LILLIAN DAWSON celebrated her 107th birthday Tuesday, making her (we suspect) the oldest person in Dufferin County. More...

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Editorial

Dufferin-Peel board crisis just tip of an iceberg

NO MATTER HOW the McGuinty Liberals might might view it, the situation it faces locally in the impasse with the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is merely the tip of an iceberg. More...

Orangeville Citizen

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A GOlden opportunity for the OBR?

AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, GO Transit has been developing a contingency plan to deal with a potential walkout by the CN Rail conductors who currently staff most of the commuter service's trains. More...

Mailbox

Readers comment on Open Letter of Feb. 8

Mr. Fairley has got it all wrong (letter Feb. 8) and he is certainly not living up to his name. He rants against bad immigrants, in general, inferring that all or most of the violence in our society is caused by them or their children. More...

A more severe punishment?

A secondary school student 17 years old sprayed dog repellent in a staircase of his Orangeville school. The Principal smelled the odour, and evacuated and fumigated the school. The child was caught. More...

A purposeful error

Writing letters to the editor is a task that requires thought, some passion and considerable effort. To justify that effort one should have a means of discovering whether there is a readership or not. More...

Regional News

Dahlstrom proposes '3-P' rail restoration

The biggest challenge facing Winton Dahlstrom and his Helix Synergy Inc. More...

Helix denies mulling 671 turbines

Despite a leaflet being circulated in Amaranth, Winton Dahlstrom says Helix Synergy Inc. has never considered erecting 671 wind turbines in that township. More...

County budget has ups and downs

The 2007 Dufferin County budget got a minor boost from discovery of development charge revenue that should have been applied in previous years, along with some help from cost reductions and/or increases in grants. More...

Council won't meet budget goal

Passing the 2007 budget by the end of February is a goal Orangeville Council will no longer be able to achieve, as the Citizens' Commission on Finance will continue reviewing and discussing individual department budgets into early March. More...

Melancthon close to turbine approval

An Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing conference scheduled for the Melancthon Township council chambers Tuesday had to be moved to the Dundalk arena to accommodate the unexpected 100 residents who showed up for it. More...

Area schools fair poorly in Fraser Institute report

The annual Fraser Institute report card on Ontario schools places most of Dufferin County's elementary schools below average, based on the results of standardize testing in Grades 3 and 6. More...

Local News

Hunters give Mono their side of story

Hunters opposed to the idea of banning hunting in Mono packed the town's council chambers Tuesday evening to voice their opinions on hunting in a rural community. More...

HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION Curl for Heart sponsors Lee Hill and Dave Baker from Sutton Group (left) and Jim and Janet Grant (right) and Bev Flemming from the Foundation warm up for the competition beginning this Saturday for the 10th annual Heart a More...

Robert F. Hall students suspended for cyber-bullying

Students who signed onto a group on Facebook.com called " McMahon Grinch of School Spirit," a forum targeting principal Edward McMahon at Robert F. More...

Columns

Random Reflections

Water: a growth-limiting factor?

HISTORICALLY, ONE THING no one in Dufferin County worried about was water. Like the air, it was usually free and pure. More...

National Affairs

Reality has no place in political perceptions

To hear Liberal Leader Stephane Dion tell it, women are not capable of seeking political office on their own merit without the imposition of "extraordinary measures," including barring men from pursuing Liberal nominations in some ridings. More...

Queen's Park

TV poker boosts government's gambling habit

You know that gambling is an increasing problem when you can switch on TV almost any time and watch someone playing poker. More...

Sports

Muskies give up lead, now down by 2

It's not the playoff start they had in mind. Two games into the opening round of their WOAASenior Mens playoff against Tavistock, the Shelburne Muskies find themselves still looking for a win. More...

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE may have been cold and frightful, but for the players of the Orangeville Storm Indoor Soccer League, it was another great day on the floor of Westside Secondary this past Sunday afternoon. More...

U15 Storm finds way with win

In convincing fashion the Storm U15 boys soccer team, sponsored by the Orangeville Kinsmen, notched it's first win of the 2007 OISL campaign. More...