March 22, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/MIKE MALONEY ODSS BEARS CAPTAIN Arron Forrester leads a charge down the left side in third period girls hockey action at the Alder Street arena. More...

New clinic to replace after-hours clinic

Although Orangeville's After Hours Clinic will be closing its doors on April 1, patients won't miss a day of after-hours health care, as a new clinic hopes to open the doors the same day. More...

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Editorial

Election-night blackout a silly law that should go

LET'S HOPE THIS ISN'T another subject on which Prime Minister Stephen Harper changes his mind. Mr. More...

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Need for direct election demonstrated

THE UNWISE REDISTRIBUTION of Dufferin County's federal gasoline tax rebate has accomplished one thing more than any other: It has demonstrated that there is a vital need for direct election of county councillors. More...

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Mailbox

Time to bite the bullet on transit problem

The proposal to construct a Light Rail Transit System across much of Toronto in order to deal with the gridlock problems requires a more sober assessment. More...

Who are they?

This letter is in response to William Bothwell's column (Palestine and all that). He states that the Philistines were the predecessors of the Palestinians. What is that supposed to mean? More...

Carrying a democratic theme

Democracy has been a theme across the editorial pages for the last few weeks, and it has certainly been front-and-centre at Town Hall on Monday nights recently with Orangeville's citizens commission on finance. More...

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Regional News

D-Day Veteran wants to know why a new roof would leak

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

When Fred Heber was sweating in the heat of combat on Normandy's shores 63 years ago, he could not have imagined he would be shivering in the snugness of his home in Orangeville as a widower when he reached the age of 85. More...

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Draft budget has 7.39% tax hike

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Sitting as Committee of the Whole Council, Orangeville councillors got a first look Monday at a proposed 2007 budget that would see residents facing a tax-rate increase of 7.39 per cent if it passes as is. More...

Former warden seeks Liberal nomination

By LAVINIA KERR & WES KELLER

Predicting the provincial riding of Dufferin-Caledon is "winnable" for the Liberal party, former Dufferin Warden Earl Lennox, has announced he is seeking the party's nomination in preparation for the October 10 provincial election. More...

Photo/LAVINIA KERR PARSONS FLORIST is ready for Spring which officially arrived Tuesday evening, with a bevy of spring floral choices. More...

Local News

Tony Rose pool will stay open

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Swimming enthusiasts who filled the Orangeville council chamber Monday evening successfully pleaded their case to have the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Centre pool remain open. More...

Photo/LAVINIA KERR THE 10TH ANNUAL LIONS Club Spring Home and Garden Show is coming to the Agriculture Centre this weekend. More...

Broadway repair work set

Repairs of the interlocking bricks around the Broadway median at Mill Street have been scheduled for next Tuesday, March 27. More...

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Columns

Our brilliant young people

We were watching that program last Sunday, the Next Great Prime Minister, with Rick Mercer as host and four former PMs. There were many things about the show that I really loved and which, I thought, were deeply Canadian. More...

Flaherty really got out the checkbook

When it gets to the nitty-gritty, i.e. winning elections, all politicians are pretty much the same. Why try to convince people of the strength of your ideas when you can just buy their votes with their own money? More...

Woman MPPs haven't always been role models

Apush is on to elect more women to the legislature, but it is a bit of a stretch to conclude that this will make that rowdy institution kinder and gentler. More...

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Sports

Atom B Tigers take bite out of Sharks

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

With the goal of a berth in the North Metro Girls hockey finals clearly in sight, Orangeville's Atom B Tigers got off to a fast start in clearing the final hurdle blocking that path, dropping Barrie 3- 0 in game one of their three game playoff serie More...

Flyers in hunt for championships

The Orangeville Flyers kicked off a pair of Ontario Minor Hockey finals with games on Sunday afternoon. First to the opening faceoff was the Midget AA squad up against the Redmen in Newmarket. More...

FLYERS DEFENSEMAN J.D. Cameron guides the puck out of the Orangeville end in OMHA Peewee Final action at the Tony Rose on Sunday afternoon. More...

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