February 22, 2007 RSS feed / Regional News

Rail strike, fires blamed for soaring pump prices

Commuters in Dufferin County and grain growers in Western Canada have at least one thing in common this week: Problems arising from the strike by CN Rail conductors and yard workers. More...

Canada lagging behind in wind power output

Coinciding with pressures on the federal government to respect the Kyoto Accord, and with ongoing Ontario Municipal Board hearings into a proposed 132- megawatt wind project in Dufferin, a new study shows that Canada is 12th among industrialized n More...

COMRIF grant helps replace area bridges

Grants from Intake 3 of the Canada-Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) have enabled two townships in Dufferin to undertake up to $2.7-million in bridge projects. More...

Wild turkeys make successful return to skies of Dufferin

Those magnificent birds you'll see swooping over the escarpment or foraging in the fields of Dufferin County were not here a quartercentury ago, but they were here in abundance a century ago when it was their home. We're talking "turkey. More...