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GOTTA SING! GOTTA DANCE!

Choreographer Pamela Scott leads the Theatre Orangeville Youth Singers (TOYS) cast of I Believe in Music through their paces while rehearsing for the shows performances May 8-9 at the Opera House. More...

NEW HORIZONS FOR SENIORS:

The Orangeville and District Senior Citizens Centre is the recipient of $25,000 in funding, thanks to the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors programs. The funds will go to important renovations at the Bythia Street facility. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Solutions to the auto industry mess not easily found

ALL THE PUBLICITY concerning the "bailouts" for General Motors and Chrysler has tended to divert attention from the fact that almost all of the world's auto manufacturers are suffering. More...

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Why not simply lease it?

INSTEAD OF WASTING taxpayers' dollars on a legal dispute as to whether Orangeville's representatives on Dufferin County council can vote on the proposed sale of the former CP Rail right-of-way north of Orangeville, the parties involved ought to loo More...

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'Top Ten' problems with recent article

Here are the 'Top 10' shortcomings of a recent incomplete and misleading article about The Highland Companies ("Melancthon farmers taking stand on land use"). 1. The reporter did not give us a chance to address most of the issues raised. More...

Something that really needs investigating

I was just reading the writeup by Dan Pelton in your March 26 issue, "UG board accused of hindering special needs kids." This is a subject I would really like to see you follow-up on with future articles keeping the public informed on what is happ More...

Rail line trail needs funding, support

The day is getting closer to when our community will know the result of the negotiations between our elected representatives and a private company which has purchased large parcels of land in Melancthon and Mulmur and is now interested in purchasin More...

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Regional News

Mel Lloyd Centre chosen for e-learning

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Mel Lloyd Centre in Shelburne has been chosen for the site of the area's first location of elearningnetwork, part of Ontario's Reaching Higher Plan, by which residents can earn accredited diplomas or degrees without commuting to or living at a More...

3 accused killers face B & E hearings

All three men charged with murder in the death of Ariel Besley of Brampton in May 2008 are appearing in a Barrie court May 5 for continuation of a preliminary hearing into charges of break and enter at Barrie in the same month. More...

Public meeting on Melancthon bylaw set for Thursday

By MARNI WALSH Freelance Reporter

Melancthon Council is continuing to review its 1995 Procedural By-law to bring it up to date and in compliance with the new Municipal Act proclaimed in 2003. As part of the review, a public meeting will be held next Thursday, April 19, at 10 a.m. More...

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Humber campus delayed anew

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

A delegation from Humber College appeared before Orangeville Council Monday to provide an update on the Veterans Way campus that originally was to have opened in 2006. More...

Orangeville set for rail sale showdown

By DAN PELTON & WES KELLER

A showdown is looming at Dufferin County Council over the proposed sale of the county owned rail bed north of Orangeville to the Highland Rail Group. More...

UG schools to open a week before Catholic schools

Dufferin's public elementary and secondary schools are to have classes in September a full week before the county's separate schools and all schools in Peel Region are open. More...

Local News

CORRECTION

A photo caption in last week's issue erroneously described Community Living Dufferin's mission as "to aid disadvantaged persons." Since the dictionary defines "disadvantaged" in purely economic terms, the correct phrase would have been "to aid the More...

HELPING WOMEN UNDERSTAND THEIR CARS:

An informed consumer is always the best consumer. That's the thinking behind Roy's Service Centre hosting a recent Ladies Car Sense Car Clinic. More...

CRA challenging Teen Ranch's charity status

Caledon Teen Ranch, which for more than four decades has operated as a Christian charity, has been threatened with loss of its charitable status, which allows donors to claim income tax exemptions. More...

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Columns

With Your Permission

As hard as nails
Constance Scrafield- Danby

There was an interesting and, for me, reassuring in the extreme, interview on CBC Radio One, The Current, about the elves in Iceland. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Stratford sees slimmer Shakespeare season
William Bothwell

The 2009 season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada will feature only three plays by the world's greatest playwright, down from five last year. They will be "Macbeth", "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". More...

National Affairs

All it means is higher taxes - period
Claire Hoy

The late U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once quipped that "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. More...

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Sports

Muskies season ends in overtime

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

For 78 minutes and 58 seconds on Tuesday night, they had the chance to be giant killers - the Shelburne Muskies, a bunch of gritty come-frombehind underdogs who refused to roll over and play dead. More...

Day of Champions

Orangeville Minor Hockey Association wrapped up the 2008-09 season this past weekend when they hosted their Day of Champions at the Alder Street Community Centre. More...

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THE ICE HAS BARELY melted but both Orangeville Northmen junior franchises are eager to get things underway as both squads kicked of their 2009 training camps at the Tony Rose this past weekend. More...

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