April 10, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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ART SALES TO HELP KIDS:

The Kane and Kettle Art Group will be holding an art exhibit and sale April 18-26 at Orangeville Flowers on Townline Rd. On April 26, a painting will be raffled off with proceeds going to the Choices Youth Shelter. More...

Judge finds court abused in spousal assault case

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

In what is likely to be seen as a landmark case, Ontario Court Justice Bruce Pugsley has found that the criminal court system was misused by a father to gain custody of his children in a marriage that was "inevitably" doomed. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Missing in action: any sign of transportation teamwork

IF NOTHING ELSE, the recent federal and Ontario budgets demonstrated dramatically the absence of any teamwork between the two levels of government when it comes to transportation planning. More...

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Full Story

Troubling aspects in judge's ruling

"Ican only hope that no licensed lawyer in this province would have advised the father that the fastest way to get custody and exclusive possession of the family home was to report the mother's transgressions to the police." So wrote Justice Bruce More...

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Government's intention re the RCMP

The Harper government, with Stockwell Day as Minister of Public Safety, is determined to drag Canada into the darkness. More...

Moved to comment on letter

While shelving the latest Citizen I re-read the letter from the lady who wants to ban pesticides in forestry; then I glanced at my 400-page instruction book for the Ontario Grower Pesticide Safety Course and was moved to comment. More...

Charges and choices

Mayor Adams is concerned about the added costs of clearing snow from all city sidewalks, not just some of them. The article notes that the average extra charge to each taxpayer would run a whopping $18 a year. At a nickel a day, that's a bargain. More...

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Regional News

Nominations open for Dr. David Scott Award

Headwaters Health Care Centre has announced that nominations are being accepted for the 2008 Dr. David Scott Award, which will be presented at the hospital's annual general meeting in June. More...

Area community groups get $1.6M Trillium grants

Community organizations in Waterloo, Wellington and Dufferin will benefit from grants recently ratified by the Board of Directors of the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). More...

'No Hitting Day' coming April 30

Never hit a child in anger - or at any other time! Only use non-corporal disciplinary methods to teach your child. More...

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Confusion surrounds sewage treatment allocations in town

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Developers proposing new residential projects in Orangeville are finding that the road to receiving the required sewage treatment allocations is fraught with peculiar twists and turns. More...

OEB orders Hydro One to present historical info

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has ordered Hydro One Networks Inc. to provide historical information in support of its proposed new transmission line from the Bruce nuclear power plants to its Milton switching station. More...

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE:

Joe Andrews of Humber College, left, and Dan Best of the County of Dufferin get revved up for this weekend's charity hockey game between the County of Dufferin Staff Stars and Humber College Staff Stars. More...

Local News

Players staging magic show as fundraiser

What do The Caledon Town Hall Players (CTHP) do when they need a new light and sound board? They plan a show - a magic show, to be precise. More...

103 YEARS YOUNG:

Born April 8th, 1905, Emily Simes celebrated her 103rd birthday with friends and family at the Shelburne Residence. She was born in Proton Township and when she married in 1929 she and her husband bought a farm in Amaranth. More...

Potholes being targeted: Tupling

Drivers who think they've been dealing with more than the usual number of spring potholes on Orangeville streets and laneways are correct, says the town's Public Works manager. "That's right," Jack Tupling said in an interview. More...

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Columns

Christian Perspectives

This moment
Rev. Barbara Moulton

As I write this column, it would appear that spring has finally arrived. The snow is gradually disappearing from our lawn, robins have been sighted and in some garden spots, bulbs have sprouted. Spring, according to E.E. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY EDWARD KELLY Branch 233, Orangeville

On Friday April 11th, The Friday Night Dinner selection will be Meat Pies prepared by Tom Deans and will be served from 5 till 7 p.m. The entertainment for the evening will be supplied by Jean Legendre from 6 till 10 p.m. More...

In my Opinion

Media innovators and predators
Wes Keller

I seldom listen to radio, and just about as often watch "the boob tube," although I do watch sports during playoffs or the critical games preceding them - with the exception of soccer, which seems to me a game of brain-scrambling. More...

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Sports

Tri-County for Major Bantam Flyers

Orangeville Flyers added another Tri-County title to the trophy case recently when the Major Bantam AA squad shut out Ancaster 3-0 in game six to win their series. More...

WALKING ON AIR.

Orangeville Twisters Gymnastics and Trampoline club played host this past weekend to almost 400 competitors representing teams from across Ontario at the groups annual Spring Fling Invitational meet. More...

Hall of Fame inductee's named

This past weekend, four names more names were announced to be added to the Orangeville Sports Hall of Fame. More...

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