April 23, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Hospital gets $1.4M equipment boost

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
Through the Headwaters Health Care Foundation, residents of Dufferin and Caledon have come up with nearly $1.4 million to pay for several vital "life-saving innovations" purchased by Headwaters Health Care Centre over the fiscal year just ended. More...

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Photo/DAN PELTON ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS: Orangeville's first Environmental Sustainability Awards were given Monday at Town Council with winners in four categories: Business (Green Pathways Inc.), Individual (Murray Young), Group (Orangeville Horticultu More...

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Editorial

We're suffering a hangover from takeover mania

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST A FEW months since everything seemed to be coming up roses, with almostdaily reports of boom times in places like Calgary and Sudbury and stories of bidding wars for such Canadian institutions as Inco, Stelco and Bowater Pulp and More...

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A situation that must be corrected

THE MIND BOGGLES. In the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Dirty Thirties, an Orangeville business has been advised that it will be richly rewarded if it closes its manufacturing operation and imports the products it now produces. More...

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Readers comment on 'Colours' story

Re Dan Pelton's article, "Bikers colours ban said in breach of Charter," May 16: I would like to comment on this issue regarding the so called "Colours Ban" I personally know Mr. Graham and apparently Mr. More...

Meeting attendee says Mayor crossed the line

I attended the Public Meeting held in Grand Valley on April 14th to discuss Orica Canada Inc's request to amend the Official Plan and Zoning By-Law of an explosives storage facility located near the Luther Marsh. More...

Board takes 'neutral stand' on issue

This letter is written in response to the recent letter from The Highland Companies entitled "Top Ten Problems". More...

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Regional News

Youth arts festival runs May 4-8

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

(Accompanied by the Orangeville Citizen's intrepid co-op student, Rebekkah Grant, I dashed off for a day's worth of visiting to nine of the 24 participating schools, with no intention of favouritism - only using the time and space available to giv More...

Lower tier municipalities lose Chamber votes

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

In what it says is an effort to be a body that truly represents business, the Greater Dufferin Area Chamber of Commerce has changed its constitution and taken voting rights away from the county's eight lower-tier municipalities. More...

Restoring rail means jobs, cleaner environment: study

The Highland Railway Group says a restored railway north of Orangeville will mean jobs, a cleaner environment and local economic development. More...

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County targets Orica emergency plans

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County has given East Luther Grand Valley critical comments on Orica's emergency response plans for the controversial explosives site, while Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is preparing a report on its concerns, and an area citiz More...

Town grants $14K in tax cuts

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

While conventional wisdom says the only certainties in life are death and taxes, a few groups and individuals saw life made a little easier by being awarded property tax reductions in Orangeville. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER FROM TRACTORS TO A SCOOTER: Multiple Sclerosis victim Donna Golden, 42, begins Sunday's 10th Orangeville MS Walk on her scooter. The affliction has taken away her ability to drive farm tractors and ride horses, but not her spirit. More...

Residents say Bell Aliant service is slow-speed

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A former director of education for Dufferin County Board of Education says the Bell Aliant "high-speed" Internet service in the Grand Valley area south of County Road 109 is anything but. More...

Storytellers at Corbetton Church tomorrow

The ancient art of storytelling continues to thrive in our hills and valleys, and Dufferin County Museum and Archives and the Dufferin Arts Council are celebrating by presenting the Dufferin Circle of Storytellers this Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. More...

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Columns

The broader vision

With Your Permission
Constance Scrafield- Danby

"Programming is the hardest thing I do," says David Nairn, Artistic Director of Theatre Orangeville, as he hands out his schedule for the 2009/2010 Season. More...

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Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

Ihave a pad of notepaper that is only used occasionally. Apicture of a well-known playwright in the upper left corner has the following words beside it, "I'm sorry I haven't written lately but, then, neither has Shakespeare". More...

Food and the Economy

From the Global Classroom
Doug Skeates

Our farm community has struggled for years with rising costs and stagnant returns while the rest of the world just shrugged their shoulders. More...

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Sports

Northmen squads geared up

The ice is barely thawed from the floor of the Tony Rose but the teams of the Northmen lacrosse factory have taken to the floor in preparation for their 2009 campaigns. More...

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SYNCHRO HOPEFULS. Some of the top synchronized swimmers in Ontario gathered in the pool of the Alder Street Community Centre this past Sunday to take part in Synchro Ontario Provincial Team Trials. More...

Atom Flyers win West Mall tournament

The Orangeville Flyers Atom Select team travelled to Etobicoke over the Easter weekend to compete in the West Mall Lightening Select tournament. More...

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