October 25, 2007 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/DAN PELTON THE GALAXY FILM FESTIVAL takes place this Friday at the Galaxy Cinema in the Orangeville Shopping Fairgrounds. Open to children in Grades six, seven and eight, the festival will feature four movies. More...

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Contributed Photo THEATRE ORANGEVILLE honoured its volunteers recently at the annual volunteer appreciation evening. More...

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Editorial

Crackdown on crime: will it really work?

IF THERE'S ANY SINGLE ISSUE that's likely to force an early federal election, it's the Conservative government's insistence on sweeping changes in our approach to crime generally and violent crime in particular. More...

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The Mono dump: expand or abandon?

IN COMMON WITH the townships of Melancthon, Mulmur and Amaranth, the Town of Mono - unlike the towns of Orangeville and Shelburne - has a dump (alias landfill site). More...

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More proposals for election change

I am not so sure the referendum was "a massive endorsation of the status quo" (Whatever else, it wasn't 'time for a change' - Citizen/Free Press, October 18). More...

Obscene prices

The prices of beef and pork, paid to the farmer, is so low currently that it is obscene. It is a situation that begs for investigation, and yet there has been no response at any level to this situation. More...

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Regional News

Champion horse shows young people the way to win

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

Lois Brown is very proud of her horse, 'R' Kameo. "She's not state-of-theart bred," said Ms Brown. "But she's a world-class champion and I can put my grandchildren on her. More...

Early start to snowmobile accidents

Dufferin OPP detachment reports that a 32- year-old male from the Town of Mono is in Toronto's Sunny brook Health Sciences Centre, following a snowmobile accident near his residence on Sunday, when the temperature was in the mid-20s. More...

'The Unbearable Lottery of Life'

BY MARNI WALSH Freelance Reporter

Jane struggled against tears as she read from Stephen Lewis' book, "Race Against Time, Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa. More...

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Mono pushes forward with expropriation for landfill site

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Mono council voted Tuesday to begin expropriating property to accommodate its expanding landfill requirements. Officially, the 28 hectares (about 66 acres) being expropriated is part of Lot 24, Concession 4, East of Hurontario Street. More...

Association to mull Taylor-Cole grievance

The Orangeville Police Association is expected to decide shortly whether to pursue a grievance filed by one of its members alleging that she was a victim of harassment by two senior officers. More...

OMB reserves Amaranth turbine decision

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

In a hearing that ended at approximately 10 p.m. last Thursday, Ontario Municipal Board hearing officer Norm Jackson reserved his decision on Amaranth Township's 22- turbine share of the Melancthon II wind farm project. More...

Police chief prospects short-listed

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Orangeville residents should know within a matter of days who their police chief will be. More...

Local News

County may seek share of gas tax rebates

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

In what is likely to be a controversial, perhaps confrontational, discussion at county council Nov. 8, council's Committee of the Whole is recommending a 50-50 split of the county's gas tax rebate with the eight lower-tier municipalities in 2008. More...

Spirit of the Mounties caught in bronze

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Across the world, there is no symbol more representative of Canada than the regal Mountie in full dress uniform astride his formidable steed. More...

Neegan Burnside wins award

Orangeville-based Neegan Burnside Ltd. is the proud recipient of the CAMSC Small Business of the Year Award for 2007. More...

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Columns

Proposed reform an inane concept

In my Opinion
Wes Keller

Now that the provincial election is over, I don't mind saying how I voted - and why. First, I voted "no" to electoral reform. Not only was it an inane concept, but I suspect the general population did not understand the question. More...

Unborn aren't given much of a chance

National Affairs
Claire Hoy

All things being equal, Roxanne Fernando's baby would have been about seven months old now. More...

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Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

It's the weekly cry of all 'corporate slaves'. "Thank G-d it's Friday". Even on Thursday millions of people, except shop clerks and utilities workers, foresee their weekend emancipation. More...

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Sports

Muskies deep six Shallow Lake

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

The Fines Home Hardware Shelburne Muskies made it two in row before the home town crowd, defeating Shallow Lake by a score of 11-3 on Saturday. More...

Atom Tigers claw win over Panthers

Fresh from a Silver medal triumph at the Willowdale tournament, the Sanderson Sports Orangeville Atom B Tigers opened their regular season with a 3-1 win on Friday over the Aurora Panthers in Newmarket. More...

Krar repeats

Shelburne runner Cathy Krar recently successfully defender her Masters Division championship title at the Run for the Grapes race in St Catharines. Krar posted a time of 20:33.6 to better her mark of last year. More...

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