June 19, 2008 RSS feed / Regional News

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Shelburne Air Cadets dazzle spectators

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
From the moment the right markers took their positions on the grass runway of the South Shelburne (Taylor) aerodrome, there wasn't anyone among a crowd of spectators who didn't sit up and pay rapt attention to Shelburne's 164 Squadron Royal Canadia More...

Jones bill would preserve disability benefits

Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says a bill she has introduced in the Ontario legislature will prevent the provincial Liberals from "clawingback" investments made into a Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP). More...

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Photo/WES KELLER DUFFERIN WARDEN JOHN OOSTERHOF presents a provincial senior of the year award to Melancthon Deputy Mayor D.C. Broderick at county council last Thursday. Mr. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY MARILYN MURRAY Branch 233, Orangeville

This Saturday Evening Karaoke will be provided by Shawn Lundy. We invite members and friends to join us for a great time. The evening commences at 9 p.m. and runs till 1 a.m. Our 6th Annual Show & Shine held on June 1, 2008 was a great success. More...

Melancthon to raise stink over sludge

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Without advance notice, Ontario's Ministry of Environment (MOE) recently overrode Melancthon Township's 2002 bylaw banning the spreading of human sewage sludge, a.k.a. More...

Caledon-Dufferin Victim Services has new library

Caledon-Dufferin Victim Services now has a new resource library filled with books, CD's and audio tapes available to the general public on a lending basis. Books can be borrowed for two weeks and videos for a one-week period. More...

Bee absence could mean food shortage

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The now-familiar question, "where have all the bees gone," might soon become an equally common, "where have all the orchards gone." Over the past two winters, 2006-2008, bee losses across North America have ranged from 7 to 96 per cent of some col More...