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ORANGEVILLE DAIRY QUEEN staff is ready to serve up Blizzards today, as part of the 5th annual Miracle Treat Day. Proceeds from the sale of Blizzards go to the Children's Miracle Network. Owner John Lockyer says the campaign has been a huge success. Last year, the Orangeville location earned the second highest total in North America with $13,015. More...
Arrests made in graffiti incidents
By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

After this paper published a report concerning a rash of graffiti incidents in town, Orangeville police received several tips from citizens that have led to arrests. According to Const. Scott Davis, spokesperson for the Orangeville Police Service (OPS), information from one anonymous tipster led to a snowballing of information. More...

Shelburne all set for 57th annual fiddlefest
By LAVINIA KERR Staff Reporter

Shelburne is all set for the 57th annual Canadian Open Old Time Fiddlers' Championship, the service clubs' and committees' hard work having culminated in creating an exciting line-up for this year's event. More...

New Fiddle Park proves popular
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Al Schillaci of Owen Sound has been coming to Fiddleville long enough to remember the several transitions since the original Hyland Park days - including the Highway 24 sea of mud in about 1989 - and he likes the layout and amenities of the new park perhaps more than any other. More...

FISHING AT THE MARKET:

Hayden Thomas-Ritie caught a fish in the fish pond of the Orangeville Farmers' Market this past Saturday to earn himself a free cookie. More...

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ED GORELL of Renaissance presents Headwaters Health Care Foundation past Chair Stephen Doney with a cheque for $1,000. The funds will be used toward the purchase of new equipment for the hospital. More...
• Orangeville horticulturist wins top provincial award
• Rowing club thrilled with support
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 Editorial
• Will Conrad Black's punishment really fit the crime?
AS WE SEE IT, there's always something wrong when those responsible change the rules in the middle of the game. And that, we submit, is precisely what has happened in the United States in the wake of some high-profile financial collapses, notably those of Enron and WorldCom. More...
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• 'Fiddleville' bids visitors welcome!
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 Columns
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Memories of Kilimanjaro
There was a program on the CBC early this week about the shrinking snows of Kilimanjaro. The documentary took place in the town of Moshe, which lies at the foot of that twin-peaked mountain. During the year that I spent crossing the continent of Africa, I lived for three months in that very spot. More...
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 Mailbox
• Candidate 'disappointed'in 'misrepresentation'
I was extremely disappointed to see that the local Conservative candidate in the Oct. 10 provincial election resorted to what appears to be a deliberate misrepresentation in her Aug. 2 letter. Sylvia Jones quotes the Auditor General as having "confirmed" that taxpayers' dollars, in what she calls "slushgate", were "politically directed. More...
• Political decision making
• Re: New wind phenomena on the horizon
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 Regional News
• County streamlines its buying policies
Dufferin County has altered its purchasing policy, such that the council will retain control without having to approve all expenditures. Under the new policy, purchases of goods and services may exceed specific budgeted amounts - but the over-all department spending for any class of purchase must come within budget for that class. More...
• County regulates half-mast flags
• Ontarians to participate in referendum vote this fall
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 Sports
• Northmen to face Nations in OLA final
The Rayburn Construction Northmen will find themselves up against a familiar foe in hostile territory when they open the Ontario Lacrosse Association finals against the Arrows in Six Nations on Friday night. More...
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• Win for Tyke Northmen
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