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April 26, 2007  RSS feed


IT IS SCIENCE WEEK at the Maples Independent Country School, where Principal Greg Playford has turned into a mad scientist. The school gym will be full of experiments, activities, displays and demonstrations for the week for students from kindergarten to grade 8. Here, student Teddy Gray rubs a balloon on his head to create static electricity that can move a pop can. More...
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. as part of an energy conservation proposal and feasibility study of the Town's facilities. 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. Credit Meadows and Montgomery Village Public Schools in Orangeville and Hyland Heights and Centennial Hylands Elementary Schools in Shelburne are expanding to accommodate more classrooms. 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. In all, 159 senior employees were listed by the Catholic board, with Education Director Michael Bator topping the list at $200,962.00 plus $3,962.83 in taxable benefits. 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
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 his land to permit it. More...
• Weekend power failure hit Shelburne, townships
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 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. While gun-control advocates say the answer lies in making it much tougher for the likes of Cho Seung-Hui to obtain firearms, some gun lobbyists are suggesting it lies instead with allowing the staff and students in U.S. More...
• A little more openness, please!
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 Columns
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We're victims of 'security overkill'
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. That was obviously going to be the case in spots like New York City and Washington, and even elsewhere in the United States. But it wasn't so obvious to a lot of us living north of the U.S. border. More...
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• Dipping Into the Past
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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 - Carnegie-endowed Orangeville Public Library more open than closed (in 2006 it seemed more closed than open). More...
• A dilemma about art
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 Regional News
• Amaranth could face 25% property tax hike
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. But if the township has experiences similar to those of other municipalities and the county, the final document could be a far cry from the draft. More...
• Headwaters Health Care Centre to host Type 1 diabetes research study
• Event eyes changing role of conservation authorities
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 Sports
• Weekend split starts Northmen B season
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. Friday night the team got things rolling on the road doubling up over the Six Nations Arrows. More...
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• Dubinsky named ACAA all-star
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