November 29, 2007 RSS feed / Local News

Second dose of HPV vaccine being offered

Beginning the first week of December, the second dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine will be offered to Grade 8 girls in Guelph and Wellington and Dufferin counties who received the first dose of the vaccine earlier this school year. More...

Pro turned teacher turned reality show star

Orangeville snowboarder Jesse Fulton is starring in a new reality TV show that looks to "shreducate" today's youth - well, at least the ones who want to snowboard. More...

FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Photo/MIKE MALONEY FRIENDS AND FAMILY had a chance to gather and remember those no longer with us at the Community Christmas Memorial Service this past Sunday. More...

Hunters face criminal charges

On Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, a confrontation occurred between two groups of hunters on the 15th Side Road in Amaranth Township. It is alleged that two hunters pointed their shotguns and made death threats at another group of hunters. More...

Break-in artists caught in the act

Last Sunday, November 25, a Dufferin OPP officer located a green 1993 Mazda B2200 pick-up truck parked in a suspicious location on the shoulder of Highway 10 south of Camilla. More...

Tuesday event recalls Montreal massacre

It was 18 years ago next Tuesday, December 6, that 14 young women engineering students were murdered at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal by a man who singled out women students to kill, ordering the men present to leave and screaming that he hated f More...

THE HOME AT LAST PROGRAM

Photo/PAUL HUTCHINGS THE HOME AT LAST PROGRAM was official launched for the Dufferin-Caledon area on Tuesday. The program helps senior citizens re-establish themselves when they are discharged from the hospital. More...

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. More...

Forestry Association pushing real trees this Christmas

It's Christmas! Time to start thinking about what kind of tree you want in your home this year. Artificial trees may have their advantages - they're clean, with no needles all over the floor. More...

Table turned on OMB referral

Usually an Ontario Municipal Board referral is made either by a proponent objecting to a delay in rezoning, or by groups of residents objecting to a municipal council's approval of a project. But there's a different kind of twist at Grand Valley. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

On Friday November 30th The Friday Night Dinner selection will be Shepherd's Pie Dinner will be served from 5 till 7 p.m. Drop in and enjoy a fine meal. Our Saturday Evening Karaoke commences at 8 p.m. More...

250 compete in Legion poster contest

About 250 students placed entries in the 2007 edition of Orangeville Royal Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day poster and poetry contest, Youth Education Chairman Cathy Connelly told a general meeting of the branch Monday night. More...

'Holiday Treasures' at museum

"It's beginning to look lot like Christmas . . .", especially if you happen to be at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives. More...

Holiday home tour a season's highlight

About 250 people were treated to the festive and creative efforts of five impressive homes on the Shelburne Holiday Home Tour last Saturday, making it the most successful season yet. More...

Georgian expands in Orangeville

Georgian College has enhanced its place in the Dufferin academic community with the acquisition of a 12,000-squarefoot facility on Orangeville's Centennial Road that will house seven classrooms, a nursing clinic and a computer lab. More...

'Be a Vitamin Angel'

Harmony Whole Foods Market in Orangeville is running a "Be a Vitamin Angel" fund-raising event to help eliminate childhood blindness in third-world countries. More...

Giant of a musical at Theatre Orangeville

There will be a message for the patrons of Theatre Orangeville tonight (Nov. 29) through Dec. 23: in the Giant's Garden, you reap what you sow. More...