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TOUGH WAY TO MAKE A LIVING.

Photo/MIKE MALONEY TOUGH WAY TO MAKE A LIVING. The 2008 Dodge Rodeo Tour stopped in Orangeville this past weekend. More...

THE BAYNHAM TREE:

Photo/DAN PELTON THE BAYNHAM TREE: In honour of the seven years he service he put in as the CEO of Headwaters Health Care Centre, Bob Baynham (third from left) has had a tree planted for him at the Healing Wheel on the hospital grounds. More...

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Editorial

Tax cuts, tougher sentences: illusory solutions?

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT; politicians who want to wage a successful election campaign will promise tax cuts and a war against crime. More...

Fiddleville has begun!

FOR MORE THAN HALF a century, Shelburne has annually been attracting attention as the home of the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddlers' Contest (the full title of what's more commonly referred to as the Canadian Open Fiddle Contest). More...

Political Cartoon

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Mailbox

Letters 'clearly demonstrate' recruitment failure

The letters to the editor from Dr. Amy Horvat and Dr. L. Ostrowski and published in your July 31, 2008 newspaper clearly demonstrate the reason the Dufferin Physician Search Committee has failed to recruit physicians to Shelburne. More...

Letter writer 'missed the point'

Re: "Mistakes Not Needed" I have read with interest the correspondence authored by Mr. Usman Valiante. According to Mr. Valiante, I have "sadly and quite wrongly... More...

Water questions answered

I read with interest the column by Arthur Black in a recent edition of the Orangeville Citizen entitled, "How much is that in water?" Mr. More...

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Regional News

Theatre Orangeville entertains while boosting local economy

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Theatre Orangeville is well known as a great venue for folks planning a night on the town. Yet it is also emerging as a vibrant part of the area's shift to a service-based economy. More...

RIDE'EM COWBOY.

RIDE'EM COWBOY. The 2008 edition of the Dodge Rodeo Tour stopped in Dufferin County for a pair of shows this past weekend. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY EDWARD KELLY Branch 233, Orangeville

I will be filling in for Marilyn Walsh for a short period while Marilyn is taking a break. We will be resuming Friday Night Dinners on a temporary basis. This Friday Night we will be serving Roast Beef from 5 till 7 p.m. More...

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Feds offer $2.4 M toward treatment plant upgrades

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Orangeville's water pollution control plant is a step closer to receiving some essential upgrades thanks to a federal government announcement Wednesday that it is willing to contribute one-third (up to $2.4 million) toward the work. More...

Road work under way in town

58 The reconstruction of west Broadway is under way, Greenwood Construction having started construction July 21. More...

Greenbelt making property values rise, fall

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The former president of the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) says the winds of fortune from Greenbelt legislation have blown both good and bad on property values. More...

Local News

No bid for bail by accused killer

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A 34-year-old Orangeville man who is charged with murder in the stabbing death of a Kleinburg man remains in custody more than two months later without any effort by his lawyer to obtain his release pending trial. More...

Credit union seeking applications for grants

Each year, Peoples Credit Union donates a portion of its after-tax profits to further community projects through their Community Involvement Award. This year, the awarded amount will be $6,000 and the deadline for applications is August 31. More...

THE ORANGEVILLE LIONS CLUB

THE ORANGEVILLE LIONS CLUB recently hosted the Lions District A-9 youth exchange and camp delegates as they traveled through the local area. More...

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Columns

The mean green machine

Meagre Musings
Dan Pelton

I've just finished reading the latest issue of In The Hills magazine. As usual, it was an entertaining read throughout. Still, I was particularly struck by an article by Tony Maxwell, one of a stable of excellent writers deployed by the periodical. More...

CPR offered $10 fare to Prairie provinces for farm labourers

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 6, 1908 • To meet as far as possible the unusual demand for farm labourers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Canadian Pacific Railway will run special secondclass excursions from all Ontario station More...

Guiding lights

Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell took the second longest walk on the moon, after Alan Shepard. He has two Bachelor of Science degrees and a doctorate in aeronautics from MIT. He said recently in an interview in the U.K. More...

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Sports

Northmen A's advance to OLA finals

The Rayburn Construction Northmen have earned themselves a berth in the 2008 Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior A finals. More...

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ORANGEVILLE STORM U13 Boys solidified their lead on top of their divisional standings, edging Sarnia 2-1 in WOSYL action at Rotary Park last week. Photo/MIKE MALONEY More...

Vets season ends

The season is now officially over for the Shelburne Veterans Junior C lacrosse team. More...

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