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IT IS SCIENCE WEEK at the Maples Independent Country School, where Principal Greg Playford has turned into a mad scientist. More...

School boards disclose $100,000-plus salaries

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

As required by the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, the Upper Grand and Dufferin Peel Catholic district school boards have disclosed the names and salaries of all employees who were paid more than $100,000 in 2006. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Have Virginia police never heard of Dawson College?

IN THE WAKE OF the worst mass shooting of its kind in U.S. history, the question on everyone's mind must be what, if anything, can be done to prevent a recurrence. More...

A little more openness, please!

IT SEEMS THAT OF LATE just about everything of any consequence that's coming to Orangeville and Shelburne councils is being dealt with primarily out of the public eye. More...

Queen's Park

Protecting people premier's main claim to fame
Eric Dowd

Premier Dalton McGuinty sat in a Tim Hortons restaurant for an hour the other day and no one noticed him. More...

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Mailbox

Did residents pay to 'rent' a view?

Re: Residents appeal council decision on seniors' apartments (By Mandi Hargrave, April 5) I attend as a concerned party and citizen of the (great, caring) community of Orangeville the Town council meetings with a view to keeping the Mill Street - C More...

A dilemma about art

I have a dilemma…it concerns the 'so called' art that is currently hanging on the walls of our Shelburne town hall. More...

Encouraged by realization

I am encouraged that Premiere Dalton McGuinty has come to the realization that the development of thermal technologies is a favourable method for dealing with Ontario's solid waste crisis. More...

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Regional News

Amaranth could face 25% property tax hike

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

With a few meetings and a multitude of deliberations yet to go, Amaranth Township's 2007 draft budget as of April 18 indicated the possibility of a 25 per cent rise in property taxes. More...

Headwaters Health Care Centre to host Type 1 diabetes research study

Headwaters Health Care Centre, in partnership with the Hospital for Sick Children, is inviting adults and children who have relatives with type 1 diabetes to participate in an international research study on Wednesday, May 2, at the hospital's Orang More...

Event eyes changing role of conservation authorities

The lower hall at Mono Community Centre in Mono Centre will be the scene this Saturday morning, April 28, of an information session sponsored by the Mono- Mulmur Citizens Coalition on "The Changing Role of Conservation Authorities. More...

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Council enters energy-saving agreement

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Orangeville Council has approved an initiative to implement cost-saving measures following energy audits at eight Town-owned facilities. Council decided Monday to enter into an agreement with Ainsworth Energy Services Inc. More...

OPP recover $170,000 in stolen property

A 48-year-old Melancthon resident was scheduled to appear in Ontario Court at Orangeville this morning on charges of possession of stolen property with a value in excess of $170,000. More...

Four local schools under construction

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Expect to see construction crews around four local elementary schools this summer. More...

LACROSSE ACTION officially returned for the 2007 season when the Junior B Orangeville Northmen hosted Owen Sound in OLA action on Monday night. For more on the game, please turn to page B1. More...

Local News

Conservation easements said not mandatory

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

A Mono resident looking to build his family a house on property he's owned for 13 years has learned that a conservation easement sought by Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) is a voluntary process, meaning he doesn't have to give up hi More...

Weekend power failure hit Shelburne, townships

Hydro One says a failed lightning arrester caused a four-hour power failure on Saturday that affected Shelburne and three townships - Amaranth, Melancthon, and Southgate (including Dundalk and the former Proton Township). More...

HUMBER COLLEGE'S ORANGEVILLE campus held an open house this past Saturday to allow prospective students to ask questions on programs that will be offered this fall at the Alder Street Recreation Centre. More...

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Columns

Random Reflections

We're victims of 'security overkill'
Tom Claridge

One of the more astute observations made in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon was that life would never be the same again. More...

National Affairs

One thing to be stupid, another to misinform
Claire Hoy

Obviously, Abraham Lincoln didn't know current Liberal Senator Dennis Dawson. But he sure knew his type. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Boys aged 8 to 12 given suspended sentences for breaking, entering

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 25, 1907 + Four boys whose ages range from eight to 12 years, the sons of A. More...

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Sports

Weekend split starts Northmen B season

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Not quite the start they had planned, but for the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen Junior B lacrosse team, their 2007 campaign is officially underway with one win and one loss over the past weekend. More...

LEARNING CURVE.

For the ODSS rugby teams, the start of their 2007 season might be one they wanted to forget. More...

Dubinsky named ACAA all-star

For the second year in a row, Shelburne native Julia Dubinsky has been named to a spot on the Atlantic Colleges Athletic Association conference volleyball all-star second team. More...

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