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November 6, 2008 / Front Page

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.

Photo/MIKE MALONEY ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. The Lord Dufferin Centre marked the occasion of their 10th anniversary with residents, staff and family at the facility this past Sunday afternoon. More...

Ministry demands slow progress on golf course

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

While a proposal for an 18- hole short golf course on Mono's Second Line has the blessing of local residents and the town council, it is continuing to encounter obstacles at the provincial level. More...

Former Shelburne reeve passes

Allan David McKelvie, a businessman who served as Shelburne's reeve and Dufferin's warden in the 1970s, died Monday at Dufferin Oaks, where a wing of the original seniors' home bears his name. He was a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. S. K. More...

Local News

Major, minor County roadwork proceeding

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Because of an "escalation, de-escalation" clause in its asphalt contracts, the current low price of crude oil hasn't had much impact the over-all cost of paving in Dufferin County. More...

Breeders show at fairgrounds this weekend

Alpaca Canada is hosting the Second Annual Alpaca Canada Futurity & Select Sale event these weekend at the Orangeville Fairgrounds. More...

BELTING IT OUT, BACKROADS STYLE:

Photo/DAN PELTON BELTING IT OUT, BACKROADS STYLE: The Backroads quartet joined the 40- strong Upper Canada Chordsmen for a fundraiser over the weekend at Tweedsmuir Presbyterian Church with the proceeds going to Theatre Orangeville's Building Dreams More...

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Mailbox

OMAFRA speaker ignored farmer's issues

I attended a meeting this week where the primary speaker was someone from OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Farming and Rural Affairs). This person was interested in how farmers felt about the issues she was presenting. More...

Orangeville Council raises still a hot topic with readers

In what other sector of society do the employees sequester themselves in a room and then emerge to inform their employers that they have given themselves obscene pay increases? More...

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Regional News

Two Dufferin sailors among 91 lost in 1944 Shawinigan sinking

By THOMAS CLARIDGE Editor

Two of Dufferin's finest young men were among 91 sailors lost in the sinking 64 years ago of HMCS Shawinigan in what now are Canadian waters. More...

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Sports

Crushers take a bite out of Terriers

A week of hard work in practice and some mental regrouping seemed to be the key as the Orangeville Crushers nipped a two game slide in the bud by posting a pair in the win column this past weekend. More...

Battalion edge Flyers

It was two points the Minor Midget AE Flyers should have had but a combination of missed calls and a determined Brampton Battalion squad squad combined to put Orangeville on the wrong side of a 3-2 final on October 25th. More...

Atom Tigers drop opener to Hamilton

On Saturday Oct 25th, the Hamilton Hawks flew into town for the Ontario Laser Atom Tiger home opener. More...

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Supply, money hound DEEP thermal plant

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County Council next week is likely to debate hotly a proposal which would include the county becoming a funding partner for the thermal garbage treatment plant at the EcoEnergy Park. More...

Assault on council's pay hikes continues

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

In the wake of town councillors' decision to give themselves substantial pay raises half-way through their fouryear terms, several Orangeville residents have become regular fixtures at public council meetings. More...

HARMONIOUS RELATIONS:

Photo/DAN PELTON HARMONIOUS RELATIONS: Harmony Whole Foods Market held its 30th-anniversary celebration recently and it involved a number of fund-raising activities which raised $800. More...

Editorial

Cellphone ban: enforcement a real challenge

ONTARIO'S OPPOSITION parties have appropriately withheld comment on legislation introduced last week that will prohibit drivers from using a variety of hand-held devices and subject them to stiff fines if they're caught flouting the law. More...

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The need is for transparency, accountability

THE CONTINUING CONTROVERSY over Orangeville councillors' decision to give themselves big pay raises mid-way through their current four-year term has raised many questions, More...

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Columns

An unheralded 50th anniversary

Random Reflections

Tom Claridge

More than a few Orangeville residents must have done a double take last Saturday, at the sight of a passenger train making its way through town to and from the north end of the Orangeville Brampton Railway (OBRY) line. More...

Railway company named its directors and first officers

Dipping Into the Past

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 8, 1883 • A meeting concerning the proposed Cascadilla Railway was held in the Horning's Mills Town Hall on Monday last. More...

Stuff happens

Angles 'n' Attitudes

William Bothwell

"Stuff happens". It also gets written and published. Occasionally readers express appreciation of what appears on this OpEd page. We all enjoy the page 10 letters to the editor (unless they make the same dogmatic points repeatedly). More...

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