May 15, 2008 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/MIKE MALONEY MACMASTER PONTIAC ORANGEVILLE Northmen continued their winning ways with an 11- 6 win over Guelph Regals on Monday night. DJ Clevely did his part, chipping in a pair of goals while adding two assists towards the cause this night. More...

Mono debates doctor recruitment

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

There's no dispute that Dufferin County needs more physicians, but the method of dealing with the problem was argued at Mono council Tuesday night. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Concrete a better option than asphalt for our highways

HOPEFULLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN happen on the extension of Highway 410 is something that will be seen increasingly elsewhere in Ontario. More...

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One problem solved, but others remain

ALTHOUGH IT'S AT LEAST a decade late, we must commend Ontario's Ministry of Transportation for its decision to tender the widening of Highway 10 through Caledon Village, in addition to the stretch to Orangeville. More...

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Education needed about financing

I have found your paper to be informative and well written. A topic that may interest you, of which I have much experience in, that I personally feel the "the average person" should be more educated about, is financing! More...

Discouraging consumption the key

Your papers' solution to gas pump prices is, thank God, not to embrace the pointless gastax holiday pushed by McCain and Clinton. More...

Israelis still God's special people

Last week, Israel celebrated its 60th birthday. On May 8th, 1948 David Ben Guiron, its first Prime Minister, declared Israel as an independent state. More...

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Regional News

Friends through thick and thin, and throughout the years

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

"Friendship" can be looked up in the dictionary. Webster's calls it "a relationship of affection and mutual goodwill." But it comes in a number of levels. More...

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Budget surplus no big deal: treasurer

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The Town of Orangeville has released its operating budget status report for the first quarter of 2008 and the figures show town operations costing 4.6 per cent less than had been forecast. More...

New urgency arises for creation of DEEP

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A recent meeting with the Region of Peel has created a new urgency for early completion of the Dufferin EcoEnergy Park (DEEP). More...

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Photo/MIKE MALONEY WORDS OF ADVICE. Headwaters Emergency physician, Dr. More...

Local News

The Internet: a basic necessity?

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A Bell Alliant executive Tuesday suggested it is absolutely vital that rural Ontario should have access to high-speed Internet services. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER COOKING UP A GRANT: MP David Tilson poses with new stoves at the Seniors Centre, purchased among other things with a New Horizons grant of almost $10,000. More...

Standoff closes Grand Valley for 12 hours

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A 41-year-old Grand Valley man faces 15 charges following a Saturday night domestic dispute between 11:50 p.m. and almost noon Sunday that involved as many as 40 OPP officers. More...

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Columns

Go ahead and stop the traffic!

With Your Permission
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Last week, lots of dump truck drivers drove in a sedate and orderly fashion along the slow lanes of the highways to make a protest. More...

Promises go the way of the dodo

National Affairs
Claire Hoy

One thing that has consistently annoyed elected politicians is the knowledge that the majority of voters rarely accuse them of having the courage of their convictions. It's one thing when they're trying to get elected and they promise the moon. More...

Front row seat

Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

Like so many things in life, it is all 'happenstance'. None of what follows involves the possibility of predestination. Nor was any of it genetically determined. More...

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Sports

Shelburne Vets open inaugural campaign

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

It was not exactly the start they wanted, but for the Shelburne Veterans, still a respectable start to their inaugural Junior C lacrosse season. More...

Northmen take two of weekend three

It was a busy weekend for the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen. Starting on Saturday night against Niagara, the team played back to back games against the Thuinderhawks, Sarnia and Guelph. More...

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CENTRE DUFFERIN DISTRICT Secondary School Royals had their hands full trying to contain a talented and determined CCVI during District 10/4 rugby action in Shelburne on Monday. More...

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