Even Orange Lawrence, the visionary entrepreneur who came to the area in the 1840s and opened a mill that would lead to the founding of Orangeville, may not have foreseen the town of nearly 29,000 people it is today. More...
Sylvia Jones says she is not alarmed at a recent Ipsos Reid poll which suggests that, if an election were held today, the Liberals would likely win a majority government as big, or bigger, than it did eight months ago when the party was returned to More...
THE DECISION LAST WEEK of Caledon Council against going in camera to debate an issue that involves threatened costly legal action was both courageous and correct. In the face of a letter from Solmar Development Corp. More...
Over the next few months, our Conservative federal government is conducting a review that will determine the future of universal, public postal service. This review is pretty much a secret review and it could be very bad news for rural communities. More...
The present Town Council campaigned on and they received a mandate to exercise fiscal restraint. I think that the leadership of the Council has made a poor decision on where to draw the line in an attempt to achieve their objective. More...
I have watched with interest the development in the Town of Mono relating to the Nordic Ski Club and the gravel pit which is owned by Mono. It appears that Mono needs gravel for its roads. More...
Without so much as a whimper from Ontario Realty Corp., construction has begun on the new Dufferin OPP station on Highway 89 in Mono just east of Primrose. More...
Everpure Biodiesel Coop is pioneering a farmerbased, biodiesel co-op in Erin. Starting last Saturday, July 5, they began selling 100% biodiesel to their members, so people can start running on an environmentally sound fuel. More...
At a cost of more than $7 million, the two-kilometre stretch of Highway 10 through Caledon Village will finally be widened to rid frustrated commuters of the highway's worst bottleneck. More...
Orangeville's Summer Camp program is under way. The various day camps, geared towards children 5-12 years of age, with a leadership development program for ages 12-14, started July 2 and ends August 22. More...
Photo/DAN PELTON AIM TO WIN: Kevin Downe, left, and Justin Popovic flank Mayor Rob Adams at Town Hall Tuesday for the launch of Winning the Formula, a company which conducts motivational seminars for youth and their parents. More...
A report going to county council tonight (Thursday) shows that Dufferin's reserves are growing substantially, and its operating costs are being held below budget for 2008. Treasurer Alan Selby attributes the positive results to a provincial $1. More...
The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care has recorded verified complaints against two of three Dufferin nursing homes, along with a total of 22 "unmet standards," but has issued no citations against any of the three. More...
Photo/DAN PELTON VANDALS with IQs barely into the double digits and zero creativity pulled the same tired old prank of putting detergent into the Broadway median fountain last Thursday. More...
With the summer's happy arrival, inevitably we will all be tourists whether we travel near or far. When I lived in London, UK, I enjoyed touring friends and family coming to the old town for the first time. More...
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 9, 1908 • Says The Economist, in its CHAT column: "The flying machines are bound to come." The article quotes the Buffalo Express as advising readers that Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport, N.Y. More...
The verb 'to glean' means to gather or to pick up in small quantities. It has an agricultural use in the compassionate biblical law, "Do not reap the edges of a grain field. Leave them to be gleaned by the poor and the wayfarer". More...
OUTLAWS Derick Leveille holds off a Mississauga defender as he breaks through the Mississauga defensive line in Junior Varsity football action at Westside on Sunday afternoon. For more, turn to story on pg B2. Photo/MIKE MALONEY More...
NORTHMEN A ROOKIE Jeremy Noble was the hero of the night scoring with 3:21 remaining in the third period to lift Orangeville to a 5-4 win over the Brampton Excelsiors on Friday night. More...
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