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May 24, 2007 RSS feed / Regional News

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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...

Farm numbers down, income up

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The recent corporate purchase of 5,200 acres of potato farms in the Redickville/ Honeywood area might simply be a reflection of what's been happening across Canada since 1941, according to the most recent statistics. More...

Is planning autonomy sacred in Dufferin?

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Despite warnings that as much as $100,000 could be lost through inaction or delay, county councillors at their last meeting deferred a motion that might have enabled Dufferin to tap into provincial funding for a planning facilitator. More...

Three charged with drunk driving

In the week ended Sunday, May 20, Caledon OPP laid impaired-driving charges against three men. 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...

Policing levels in urban, rural Dufferin vary widely

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Advised that 2.58 fulltime equivalent (FTE) OPP officers would adequately police Amaranth Township, Mayor Don MacIver last week quipped that the township's 3,500 residents must be better behaved than those in Shelburne, where 11 officers police the More...

Mono Mills Corporation expanding

By MANDI HARGRAVE Staff Reporter

The Mono Mills Corporation residential units will be increasing from 10 to 13 with an official plan and zoning amendment approval from Mono Council Tuesday morning. More...

Beekeepers seek Tory's assistance

A former president of the Dufferin Beekeepers Association has written Opposition Leader John Tory seeking his aid in addressing a mysterious high death rate among bees that play an important role in agriculture. More...