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I'D RATHER HAVE A SUNDAE:

Photo/DAN PELTON I'D RATHER HAVE A SUNDAE: Dodger, a coatimundi (a relative of the racoon that is native to South America), sampled the finger of handler Mallory Corby of Party Animals from St. More...

D.C. Broderick was Citizen of the Year

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

For the second time since the four-year municipal council term was begun in November 2006, Melancthon Township has lost one of its senior members through death. D.C. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

'Stagflation' threat: solutions will be hard to find

THERE SEEMS TO BE little doubt that the world is on the brink of having a U.S.-led bout of "stagflation," or that Canada will be among the nations most affected. More...

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An even worse medical scenario

WE FIND IT APPALLING that a 160- bed, municipally owned nursing home should be without a medical director who is at least residing within the municipality. Yet that is the situation at the county-ownedand operated Dufferin Oaks in Shelburne. More...

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Mailbox

Support needed for Bill C-484

Please support Bill C-484. My sister was the victim of a brutal attack she was pregnant. There are some men who only attack pregnant women (for whatever reason) and the law has no extra deterrent for such men. More...

A puzzling sermon

The Rev. Horsley's sermon on sin (July17) leaves me puzzled. More...

Mistakes not needed

Re: Town of Mono ad Nordic Ski Club Sadly, and quite wrongly, Mr. von Veh has framed the issue of the future of Mono Nordic Ski Club as an adversarial one. The issue is not the Town of Mono versus Mono Nordic Ski Club. More...

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Regional News

CUPW opposing Canada Post review

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Residents of towns like Orangeville could wind up losers if a government review of Canada Post operations leads to some of its services being outsourced, a local union spokesman has warned. More...

ELGV poised for early growth

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Partly because of the township's position outside southern Ontario's Greenbelt, East Luther Grand Valley council is urging the county to incorporate its potential in the next phase of the Dufferin growth study. More...

OEB gives nod to local hydro merger

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) has given Orangeville Hydro Ltd. and Grand Valley Energy Inc. More...

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Doctorless Oaks residents an added burden for ER

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

If you become ill while confined in a nursing home or hospital, neither of which has a physician available, how do you get medical attention? More...

58th fiddle fest just two weeks away

With just two weeks remaining, Shelburne Rotarians are busy preparing for the 58th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship, which will see Canada's top fiddlers competing for more than $20,000 in prizes. More...

PARADE OF PRINCESSES:

Photo/DAN PELTON PARADE OF PRINCESSES: Studio III Dance played host to royalty last week as the Parade of Princesses Camp took place. More...

Local News

Blood donor clinic in Shelburne next Tuesday

Canadian Blood Services says it has an immediate need for blood donations, a need which Shelburne area residents will have a chance to help meet next week. More...

SHED FIRE CONTAINED:

Photo/MIKE MALONEY SHED FIRE CONTAINED: Orangeville firefighters took all of five minutes to contain a fire Sunday evening that destroyed an unused shed by the railyards north of Town Line. 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 fun time. The evening commences at 9:00p.m. and runs till 1:00 a.m. More...

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Columns

'Shantytown' opened eyes

Christian Perspectives
Ann McCallum

Monday night I did something I've never done before - I slept in a cardboard box. As part of a Project Serve initiative to help our drop-in centre (unchurched) youth better understand issues of poverty and homelessness, More...

A great day trip: Chinatown and Kensington Market

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

It may be said of Kensington Market and Chinatown, in and around the Spadina Avenue area of Toronto, that the region is the soul of Toronto. Spadina Avenue was always the road with the fewest traffic rules, or so it seemed. More...

Love the roots you grow from

With Your Permission
Constance Scrafield- Danby

We all have ancestors. No matter for how many generations our families have lived in this country, it could be said that we were all immigrants at some (distant or near) past. More...

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Sports

Brampton force A's to game six

The Rayburn Construction Junior A Northmen are finding the opposition a little tougher than expected as they prepare to head back to Brampton for game six of their best-of-seven OLA quarter final against the Brampton Excelsiors. More...

Northmen B swept by Elora

It was an unceremonious end to the 2008 season for the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen last Wednesday evening as the team was swept from further playoff action by the Elora Mohawks. More...

Local girls make Ontario semi-finals

On Wednesday morning at OslerBrook Golf and Country Club in Collingwood, a pair of local golfers had found themselves poised for a shot at the title of the Golf Association of Ontario's Junior Girls Match Play Championship. More...

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