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THE COMMUNITY FIRST FOUNDATION has donated $2,500 to the Dufferin Children and Youth Festival, which will take place on June 9 at the RioCan Fairground parking lot located at 95 First Street. More...

OMB pre-hearing concludes at Laurel

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Ontario Municipal Board pre-hearing into the Melancthon II wind farm ended after only two days, and with some procedural issues unresolved. More...

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Why a quick commitment is needed on nuclear power

WHATEVER THE REASON may be for the Ontario government's dillydallying on the subject of new nuclear power stations, there's surely no justification for it, now that John Tory has spoken out so forcefully on the subject. More...

How high can gasoline prices go?

IT SEEMS THAT WHENEVER the price of gasoline goes up, the oil industry has a new explanation. More...

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Library a 'public trust' that must be kept open

Re: Town's library proposal rejected' April 12, by Mandi Hargrave. On Tuesdays I read to the young sons of a large Christian family in Eramosa: one of the books we read is a compilation from the book of Psalms. More...

'Disappointing' at least

The decision by the County's committee that dealt with garbage to recommend to the entire County Council that they should not pursue their plans to build a gasification facility on the site of the county owned dump is disappointing to say the least. More...

Removing Catholic Education said just plain wrong

I read with much interest Paula Conning's article on why there should be no Catholic funding by the government. She makes some valid arguments. More...

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Regional News

Role of conservation authorities explained

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

A grassroots group known as the Mono Mulmur Citizens' Coalition (MC2) held an educational event last Saturday (April 28) so area residents could learn the role of conservation authorities. More...

Amaranth faces second OMB hearing

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Unless a number of scientific issues can be resolved within a short time, Amaranth Township could be facing a 10-day Ontario Municipal Board hearing into zoning for two residential subdivisions. More...

Second raid nets $100,000 more in stolen property

Last Thursday, officers from the Dufferin OPP detachment and the OPP Central Region Rural Agriculture Crime Team executed a search warrant at a Mulmur township farm that led to recovery of more than $100,000 of stolen property, including a 1995 Ford More...

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Town's spending on track in first quarter

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

At the end of March, the Town of Orangeville was keeping close to its 2007 budget, with operating and capital expenditures coming close to or just under the 25 per cent target. More...

Town council takes first step in developing a sustainability plan

With the goal of developing a sustainability plan for the community, Orangeville Council has endorsed the formation of a Sustainability Working Group. More...

THE DUFFERIN YOUTH FESTIVAL of the Arts was held at the Orangeville Baptist Church this week. Schools from all over Dufferin attended the festival to put on music and theatre performances. More...

Local News

Orangeville woman dies, two hospitalized in crash

One woman died and two others were hospitalized in a single-vehicle accident north of Alton Saturday night. The driver, Miranda Coish, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. More...

FORMULA FORD: Caitlin Johnson, 18, a Sir Wilfrid Laurier University student from Orangeville, is getting ready to spend the summer racing. More...

Horse riders want trail fixed

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Ahole on an informal trail on Mono's First Line EHS is causing serious concern for some local horse riders and the town's recreation director says Mono Council has just two options. More...

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Columns

With Your Permission

Everybody - get into the act!
Constance Scrafield- Danby

If it were not so sad, it would be funny. Last year, Stephen Harper had never heard of the environment, let alone understood that there was something wrong with it. More...

National Affairs

Tories may have lost their nerve
Claire Hoy

If there is one thing which has consistently angered Liberals over the years - and sparked their just-below-the-surface disregard of Americans - it is when leading U.S. political figures make public comments about Canadian domestic policy. More...

Queen's Park

Plenty of fireworks in this 'phoney' war
Eric Dowd

Skirmishes among Ontario's political parties less than six months before an election are being called a phoney war, but don't tell that to Premier Dalton McGuinty. More...

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Sports

Northmen B take pair of weekend wins

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Now four games into their schedule, the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen continue to gel as a team, adding a pair of weekend wins to improve their season record to 3-1. On Sunday in St. More...

MVP honours for Rusak

The Canisius College Womens lacrosse program named its 2007 season award winners at their annual banquet on April 22nd. Leading the pack of players who made a substantial contribution to the team was Orangeville native Alison Rusak. More...

Hawks rally in third

Orangeville Hawks played host to the York Avengers in juvenile basketball action at Westside on Tuesday evening. More...

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