March 15, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/MANDI HARGRAVE VAN MAREK holds Volley Ball the ball python snake, Tuesday afternoon, during Sciensational Sssnakes presentation at Princess Elizabeth Public School organized by the Orangeville Public Library. More...

Photo/MANDI HARGRAVE GREEN BEER will be flowing at TJ's Hanger and Sports Bar this Saturday for St. Patrick's Day, with manager Tanis Noll on hand to serve the pints, and Gord Gillies in the kitchen. The feature band for the evening is Driver. More...

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Editorial

Bill C-257: dangerous, unnecessary legislation

WE OWE PERRIN BEATTY some thanks and praise for information he provided last Thursday to the annual luncheon of the Dufferin County Manufacturers Association. More...

Full Story

County council erred on gas tax

IT WAS POLITICALLY EXPEDIENT for Dufferin County Council to assist the lower-tier municipalities by giving up its own share of the gasoline tax rebate program, and it might have been necessary to do so by using reserves. More...

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Mailbox

Questions about reserves asked of Mono Council

An Open letter to Mono Council: Dear Mayor and Councillors, RE: Mono budget 2007 Tax payer's money is being stashed in various envelopes under the name of "reserves". Why, where and how is this money being managed? More...

Circles offers living skills

As a member of the Circles Group that meets at Hospice Dufferin on Thursday mornings, my attention was caught by the recent article in the local papers "Hospice Dufferin offers warmth to the dying." I would like to change that to LIVING. More...

Several alternatives

An open letter to Orangeville Council With the stress placed on physical fitness by other levels of government it is really hard to believe that we are again hearing the discussions re possibly closing the Tony Rose Memorial Pool. More...

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Regional News

The joy is in the work

My family was privileged to vacation during the Christmas holidays, when we went camping in the Florida Keys. The weather was unseasonably hot, and my children spent quite a bit of time in the warm waters of the campground beach. More...

H&R Block's Tax Talk - Self-employed? It could be taxing!

If 2006 was the year you decided to start your own business, you are not alone. According to Statistics Canada, self-employed people represented approximately 15 per cent of all workers in the Canadian economy in 2004. More...

Another celebrated Patrick marks 32nd birthday on March 17

By Constance Scrafield-Danby Freelance Contributor

People frequently tell me they love reading stories about my horse, Patrick. So, in honour of his birthday this Saturday, St. Patrick's Day, when he will turn 32, I am going to tell you the story of when we were famous in the United Kingdom. More...

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Weighted vote forces gas-tax redistribution

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County will give its share of the 2007 gas tax payment to the lower tier, thereby reducing its proposed reserves by about $663,000, but holding its tax hike to 3.3 per cent by deferring expenditures. More...

Fiddle Park zoning faces opposition

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

After more than two years of proposals and plans in the development of Shelburne's new Fiddle Park, some neighbours in Amaranth have decided to voice opposition to parts of the proposal. More...

Suspects arrested in home invasion

Fast action on the part of two Shelburne Police constables has led to the arrest of a Lindsay couple alleged to have carried out a home invasion last Saturday. More...

Local News

OMB outlines wind hearing format

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Ontario Municipal Board hearing officer Susan de Avellar Schiller has delivered a procedural order for the hearings into the Melancthon II wind farm project. More...

Photo/LAVINIA KERR SEARS in the Orangeville Mall challenged shoppers to bring in a donation for the Orangeville Food Bank and enter to win a refrigerator. Gloria Greig (right, front), of Orangeville won the draw. More...

Town of Mono holds line on taxes

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Complaining their taxes were too high, some Mono residents wanted to see a decrease in the town's tax rate, and when council approved a 2007 budget with no increase, some said that was not enough. More...

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Columns

Let's try 'high tech' on the no-bus days

Students this week are out of school enjoying March Break, a rite of passage in the school calendar that allows them to take a pause from classes and enjoy some time off. More...

Dipping Into the Past

New firm received a large shipment of farm machinery 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 14, 1907 + The Implement & Monument Company (Limited), who have taken over the Massey-Harris Implement business lately managed by S. H. More...

The ides of March

"Beware the ides of March". That is today. Even in Redickville, Horning's Mills, Honeywood, Mansfield and Terra Nova, there must be those who know what happened on the ides of March, 44 B.C. (or B.C.E. as some now insist). More...

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Sports

Bears Girls edged out 3-1 in semi-final

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

For the ODSS Bears Girls hockey team, it was not quite the ending they had in mind for their 2006-07 season. More...

Photo/MIKE MALONEY LOOKING FOR ANOTHER CWOSSA medal to add to their showcase, the ODSS Bears Girls hockey team was defeated 3-1 by eventual tournament champions Forest Hill, in semi-final action at the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Complex last Thursday More...

DQ Novice AE Flyers bumped in five

A late third period rally by the Georgetown Raiders extinguished the hopes of a berth in the OMHA finals for the Dairy Queen Novice AE Flyers on Saturday afternoon. More...

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