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November 29, 2007  RSS feed

NHL HALL OF FAME MEMBER
Photo/MIKE MALONEY NHL HALL OF FAME MEMBER and Leafs hockey legend Johnny Bower made a stop in Orangeville on Sunday afternoon. Goaltender for the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup winning squad and inducted to the Hall of Fame after his retirement in the 70's, Bower signed autographs for a long line of enthusiastic fans including Cameron Sheedy, a member the local minor hockey house league Leafs. More...
Mono agrees to expropriation peer review
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

While the Town of Mono says the acquisition or, if necessary, expropriation of a property adjacent to the town's landfill will proceed as planned, council has agreed to a peer review of a Burnside & Associates strategic assessment presented to the town in October. More...

THE BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DUFFERIN

THE BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF DUFFERIN and District got some help Wednesday when they received a cheque for $4,700 from the Galaxy Cinema in Orangeville. Cinema manager James Rudolph presents the cheque to Big Brothers Big Sisters executive director Nancy Stallmach while little brother Tanner looks on. The money was raised in a film festival day during which students from all over the area attended the theatre to watch movies and feast on pizza, popcorn and pop. Photo/Paul Hutchings More...

Two-hatter talks heating up
By PAUL HUTCHINGS Staff Reporter

A war of words is brewing following last week's meeting between the Orangeville Fire Department and the Ontario Firefighters Association (OFA) regarding the two-hatter issue plaguing the local fire department. More...

Highway 10 fatalities blamed on wintry conditions
By PAUL HUTCHINGS Staff Reporter

It seems that each and every year people forget that winter is coming and when it hits it shows just how ill-prepared they can be. Traffic is backed up with the first snowflake. Cars slide all over the road and end up in ditches. And all too often lives are lost. More...

 Local News
• Mono budget moving toward objectives
With the Dec. 11 date for its final 2008 budget drawing closer, Mono council met Tuesday, pens in hand, to find ways to trim the budget and reach its spending goals. A preliminary draft of the budget presented two weeks ago featured a 14.5- per cent rise in spending over 2007. That figure had been pared down to 9.6 per cent prior to Tuesday's meeting, and was reduced to 8. More...
• Forestry Association pushing real trees this Christmas
• article has image THE SALVATION ARMY
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 Editorial
• Why 'junk science' has no place in our courtrooms
LET'S HOPE the recommendation gets the attention it deserves from Justice Stephen Goudge, who is currently conducting a public inquiry into the role played by Dr. Charles Smith in securing criminal convictions based on his erroneous autopsy findings. More...
• MPeer review? Good money after bad!
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 Columns
• article has image Christian Perspectives
Special Words
As a person who loves language, I am always intrigued when I hear or read an expression that perfectly captures something that I have thought or experienced myself. More...
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• Dipping Into the Past
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 Mailbox
• Community support in fight sought
In this letter, I ask for community supportiveness to be helpfully involved n appealing to our government officials, about the following issue, which I wrote of in the following letter that I sent to Canadian Government members on November 2/07 ... More...
• Overstepping?
• Unfair libel process claimed
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 Regional News
• article has image Friendly Shelburne accessible to local disabled woman
"The definition of accessibility is that which enables someone to achieve their potential" says broadcaster, author, advocate for the disabled, and now Ontario's 28th Lieutenant Governor, David Onley. More...
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 Sports
• Muskies rebound to edge Durham
While an 8-3 record would give many teams some breathing room in the standings, that can not be said for the Fines Home Hardware Shelburne Muskies. Nearing the midway point of the regular season and having earned 16 points for their efforts so far, the Fish currently sit fourth in the highly competitive North Division of the WOAA Senior Mens hockey loop. More...
• article has image Novice AA Flyers extend streak
• article has image Royals rough up CHSS
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