April 19, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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HARMONY WHOLE FOODS and Kathi Linsdey's Grade1 class at Island Lake Public School planted a Sugar maple tree this week, as part of the celebrations for Earth Week. Earth Day is this Sunday. More...

SPORTS HALL OF FAME inductees were honoured last Friday at a banquet held at Alder Street Recreation Centre. From left to right: Denise Pietz representing her mother Karen Pirie, Ray Hunt, Ross Martin and Don Ellis representing Al Pilcher. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Spring election? Something we really don't need

HARDLY A DAY GOES BY without there being some speculation on the likelihood, or otherwise, of a spring federal election. More...

Orangeville Citizen

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Council finally smelled the coffee on garbage

AFTER INTERMINABLE DELIBERATIONS on management of solid household wastes in Dufferin, it strikes us strange that county council needed a consultant's report to convince it that you cannot take charge of something you don't own, or don't at least hav More...

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Mailbox

'A most welcome, and long overdue, development'

RE: One School System

School boards across Ontario are passing resolutions stating their support for merging the four publicly funded school systems in the province into one school system. This is a most welcome, and long overdue, development. More...

Serious problems with sewage

Once again we in Shelburne are learning through recent articles that we are having unsettling issues at our sewage treatment plant. This is not the first time this has been brought to the light, with known past hydraulic capacity issues. More...

Congratulations in order

The Citizen Mailbox of April 5th tells us about hunting in Mon Twp. and more about the dreadful accident to Ms Marianne Schmid. More...

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Regional News

Wind farms feature local ownership

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Apart from the proponents and the locations, about the only thing new about a public information open house at Honeywood this week for two small wind farms was the nature of ownership. More...

Election record of sorts set in Melancthon

Melancthon Township might be the only municipality in history to have had both an acting mayor and an acting deputy mayor at the same time, and one temporarily vacant seat on the council. And now it has a fourway race for the mayor's chair. More...

Vimy Ridge 90th anniversary found exciting, memorable

By MEAGAN CLEVELAND Co-op Student

Thousands of Canadian students joined together at Vimy Ridge, in France, for the 90th Anniversary of the Battle and the rededication of the war monument. More...

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County gasification plans evaporate, Amaranth mulls Bryck composter

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

After considering the latest gasification report from MacViro Consultants, Dufferin County Council has placed its thermal processing plans on a back burner, and will concentrate on something it controls - composting. More...

NDP picks Lynda McDougall as D-C candidate

". . .fair and predictable access to services and support." - NDPCandidate Lynda McDougall
By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Life-long area resident Lynda McDougall has been selected as the New Democratic Party candidate for Dufferin-Caledon riding in the October 10 provincial election. She was nominated by member Sandy Forester who worked on Ms. More...

Local News

Mono to establish budget process

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

In effort to have the town's 2008 budget prepared by the end of this year, Mono Deputy Mayor Dave Baldwin is looking to establish a budget procedure during the next council meeting on April 24. More...

Orangeville negates Mono safety plan

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Although a majority of members of county council might have supported it, Mono's impassioned plea for an extended safety zone on County Road 9 was lost by the weight of Orangeville votes. More...

BOSTON PIZZA, celebrating its first anniversary in Orangeville, donated all proceeds of the celebration to the Orangeville Public Library on Wednesday. More...

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Columns

Ottawa Journal

For the week of April 16-20, 2007
By David Tilson, MP Dufferin-Caledon

It's Daffodil Time! Springtime conjures up visions of budding trees, green grass, sunny days, and blooming flowers, which reminds us that April is Daffodil Month. More...

With Your Permission

When you can't buy a gun
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Although it is the horrific events in Virginia that gave rise to this column's subject, I am not of a mind to indulge the rant that I am choking on, like bile burning my throat. More...

National Affairs

A hope that they'll keep what we have
Claire Hoy

Next October, Ontario voters - at least, those who care enough to vote - will be traipsing off to the polls to turn thumbs up or thumbs down on Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty. More...

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Sports

Hall of Fame welcomes latest inductees

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

The third set of inductees into Orangeville's Sports Hall of Fame was honoured at a banquet last Friday at the Alder Street Arena. More...

Season looms for Northmen

For fans of the Orangeville Junior Northmen franchises, the long winter wait will finally be over when the Northmen B squad officially kicks off their 2007 season this weekend. More...

NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS. The Dufferin Family of Schools wrapped up their volleyball season at Westside Secondary on Tuesday evening. More...

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