May 24, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Shelburne police shut down grow-op

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter
A lengthy investigation by Shelburne police led to a home in town being searched and a marijuana growing operation discovered. Sgt. Mark Bennett said investigating officers Senior Const. Cary Widbur and Const. More...

BOSTON PIZZA is helping to raise funds for Special Olympics Ontario by selling "Toonies for Torches" this week. Local police officers were helping to serve patrons Wednesday and will continue to do so tonight and Friday night. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Is it really 'Places To Grow' or just places to stagnate?

AN ISSUE THAT OUGHT to dominate the forthcoming Ontario election campaign is the current government's wholly inconsistent stands on the subject of growth in the so-called "Greater Golden Horseshoe area. More...

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Full Story

Has Dufferin-Caledon been written off?

WITH A LITTLE OVER FOUR MONTHS left until the Oct. 10 provincial election, it looks as if the Ontario Liberals have already written off the new riding of Dufferin- Caledon as unwinnable. More...

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Mailbox

Some 'readily apparent' car facts in the downtown

Re: Adequate parking is essential to downtowns' survival." Editorial 17/05/07. More...

Successful Memories Dance a Retro Hit

Heartfelt thanks to all who attended and supported the first 50's & 60's Memories Dance held recently in support of the Alzheimer Society of Dufferin County. More...

Military Show thank-yous

Re: The Orangeville Military Show Once again the Orangeville Military Show was a success with over forty vendors displaying their military collectables. More...

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Regional News

Safe Futures Canada combats bullying

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Area school boards and local communities are starting to focus on the problem of bullying and its effects, and wondering how to combat it. More...

Melancthon 'roo alive and happy

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Every once in a while, there are reports of inexperienced hunters mistaking a jersey heifer for a deer. But it's only in Dufferin County that there has ever been a report of a white-tail deer being mistaken for a kangaroo. More...

Melancthon's 4th Line needs work

The poor condition of Melancthon's Fourth Line following the spring breakup was brought to Shelburne council's attention at its last regular meeting by works supervisor Larry McGregor. In a memo to council, Mr. More...

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OPP proposes police services board, station, more policing for Mono

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

Mono Council has approved a proposal to meet its commitment to reduce property and drug offences in the town by means of additional policing, a community policing office and creation of a police services board. More...

Chief Freeman leaving for Oxford

By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Police Chief Rod Freeman has announced his resignation from the Orangeville Police Service, having accepted the post of deputy chief with the Woodstock-based Oxford Community Police Service. "It was a very difficult decision to make. More...

Local News

In 2008 you'll know what your taxes bought

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County treasurer Al Selby says he'll prepare two financial statements in 2008, one in accordance with current practice and another to show what the province says it must look like in 2009 and succeeding years. More...

GLORIA BALLUM IS RETIRING after 26 years of service with The Data Cable Co Inc. Gloria celebrated with coworkers, friends and family on Friday. Left to right: Lita Fearon, co-owner, Gloria Ballum and Dick Fearon, co-owner. More...

After eight years, Hockley Highlands closes its doors

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

After eight years of financial struggle, not once turning a profit or breaking even, Toronto businessman Murray Goldman has closed the doors to the Hockley Highlands Inn and Conference Centre. More...

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Columns

In my Opinion

Price spikes: is there a gas culprit?
Wes Keller

When an Orangeville cab driver saw pump prices at the local 7-Eleven jump five cents a litre late last Thursday night, his first thought might have been that he should have glanced at the calendar as he drove past the pumps earlier that evening. More...

National Affairs

Senior judges are not beyond politics
Claire Hoy

Some 25 years ago, when Ontario's soon-to-beretired Chief Justice Roy McMurtry was Ontario's attorney-general, his first public reaction to then prime minister Pierre Trudeau's Charter of Rights and Freedoms suggestion was harsh. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Books and pictures
William Bothwell

The ways in which service clubs raise money for their community projects is a topic for research. It would be interesting to know what the ten most successful approaches to the public have been. More...

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Sports

Riding passion is a way of life for famed Hockley family

By Constance Scrafield-Danby Freelance Contributor

Training Winners There are lots of ways of dealing with your own abilities and talents. You can develop them to carry you to the winners' circles or you can teach others with potential. If you are wise and lucky, you can do both. More...

Northmen A drop Lakers 9-1 in home opener

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

A huge win over the Peterborough Lakers was a fine welcome home for the Rayburn Construction Junior ANorthmen who now sit with a perfect 3-0 record after one week of regular season play. More...

CUP PREVIEW? By the intensity of the game, you may have thought it was a Stanley Cup qualifier for this enthusiastic group getting in some inline pick-up hockey action last weekend. More...

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