April 3, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Optimist syrup festival a sweet success

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
Mother Nature, a hardworking committee and several friends of Orangeville Optimists combined to make the annual syrup festival a resounding success at Island Lake Conservation Area last Saturday and Sunday. More...

READY, SET, DON"T GO.

Rebecca Miller performed an emotional farewell solo in the Skate Canada Orangeville's 49th Carnival this past weekend. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Only time will tell how good or bad this budget was

THERE CERTAINLY WAS little evidence of any consensus in the reaction to the latest Ontario budget, unveiled last week by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

Time to swallow any pride over dumps

EARTH HOUR, IN DUFFERIN and internationally, should have served to place politicians at all levels on notice that the public is prepared to sacrifice in the interests of saving the planet. More...

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Mailbox

Chemical herbicides in forestry need banning

Subject: Letter to the editor - re: pesticide bans in forestry There is little question that application of chemical herbicides and pesticides can have detrimental environmental and health side effects. More...

Why the need for new lines?

Re: OEB and Hydro One Bruce to Milton Transmission Reinforcement Project application. More...

Where does it leave the confused?

I find the letters and columns of Gord Horsley, Geoff Rytell and Seth Dittman interesting. These people have definite opinions; different, but definite! Now where does that leave confused souls, such as I, with no one to talk to. More...

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Regional News

Power of the Press portrayed at Museum

By MARNI WALSH Freelance Reporter

When Chris Raible and Dan Needles took to the tiny stage at Dufferin County Museum on Sunday, Curator Wayne Townsend announced their reflective presentation as one of many "historical talks" the Museum hoped to host in the future. More...

Area's principals, JPs now on a salary par

The Ontario government's publication of all salaries in excess of $100,000 has revealed, among other things, that salaries for local school principals have escalated to the point of parity with Ontario Court justices of the peace. More...

Pollution Probe demands more data on transmission line

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

As the interrogatory phase of hearings into Hydro One's proposed 180-kilometre transmission line between the Bruce nuclear plant and its Milton switching station continues, Pollution Probe is bringing a motion before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) More...

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Town mulls clearing all sidewalks

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Orangeville Council was presented with a dilemma of sorts Monday night when the issue came up of keeping the town's sidewalks clear of snow. More...

Amaranth wish list budget presented

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Even as Amaranth township council was taking its seat in chambers Wednesday, staff were scrambling to put the finishing touches on a draft of the township budget for 2008. More...

Local News

Town's bronze soldier gone for renewal

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

After what might be described as something of a tactical delay of a few weeks, Orangeville's imposing bronze soldier and the Cenotaph itself have finally gone on a bit of a furlough for some muchneeded and well-deserved repairs. More...

Humber campus plans open house

The Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning Orangeville Campus will hold an 'Experience Humber' Open House on Saturday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

Earth Hour said a success locally

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Orangeville's Earth Hour saved the equivalent of turning off 15,283 60- watt light bulbs, Orangeville Hydro's manager of conservation, Amy Proctor-Long, said Monday. More...

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Columns

With Your Permission

Potpourri to save the world
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Stephen Harper has the answer to the environmental crisis - potpourri. It was his wife's idea, really. She came into Stephen's favourite living room on Sussex Drive one day to discover that the dog had "made a mistake". More...

National Affairs

Dion 'constantly troubled by doubt'
Claire Hoy

In his best-selling book, Memoirs of a Geisha, Arthur Golden wrote that, "A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." Obviously, Golden wouldn't have any idea who Liberal Leader Stephane Dion is, but the thought is eerily desc More...

Queen's Park

Racism is still raising its ugly head
Eric Dowd

Racism in Ontario, which many believe is declining, is hanging in tenaciously, even finding new targets, and Ontario's Liberal government is not doing all it can to counter it. More...

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Sports

Flyers take championship at home

They had to go the distance but the Arthurs Fuels Tyke Select Flyers were more than up to the challenge, shutting out Georgetown 2-0 at home on Saturday night to win the tri-County Tke championship title. More...

Novice C Tigers take gold

During the Easter weekend the Orangeville Novice C Tigers set off for Brampton with gold on their minds. The Tigers started off by facing a very physical team from Windsor. More...

SPRING TUNEUP.

The Orangeville Outlaws are busy preparing for their 2008 season. Since late January, both the JV and Peewee squads have been working out two nights a week at the ACTS facility. More...

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