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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. For further information on the musical, contact the box office at 519-942-3433. More...
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. Amid growing skepticism about the project ever getting off the ground, Council was told it will be another three years before the first phase of the facility is open to students. 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. Upper Grand District School Board trustees voted last week to have schools open on Tuesday, September 1 rather than Sept. 8, the day after Labour Day. 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...

 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 intellectually disabled." We apologize for the usage. More...
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• CRA challenging Teen Ranch's charity status
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 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. In fact, the lone exception may be India's Tata Motors, which recently unveiled its little Nano, the strippeddown four-seat car that it's planning to sell for about $2,500 Canadian dollars. More...
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• Why not simply lease it?
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 Columns
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As hard as nails
There was an interesting and, for me, reassuring in the extreme, interview on CBC Radio One, The Current, about the elves in Iceland. It seems that the elves are granted all but official recognition in Iceland as being both normally benevolent but malicious when their places are infringed upon by development. More...
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 Mailbox
• '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. She asked two very narrow and precise questions, one of which wasn't even mentioned in the story. More...
• Something that really needs investigating
• Rail line trail needs funding, support
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 Regional News
• Mel Lloyd Centre chosen for e-learning
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 college or university campus. More...
• 3 accused killers face B & E hearings
• Public meeting on Melancthon bylaw set for Thursday
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 Sports
• article has image Muskies season ends in overtime
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
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