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Candidates cool on early election but ready to fight

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

With Liberal MP Ruby Dhalla embroiled in a Commons committee hearing, former Tory Prime Minister Brian Mulroney caught up in a government inquiry and the airwaves saturated with Conservative attack ads on Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, there's a More...

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Editorial

5 ways we could make our highways much safer

THERE'S LIKELY NO BETTER time than the aftermath of a long weekend to consider how we should go about making our highways and byways a lot safer, ideally to the point where we wouldn't be reading about so much carnage and thousands of drivers being More...

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Wanted: some later Victoria Days

ANYONE WHO BRAVED last weekend at a campground must have been left wondering why it was that our federal politicians opted to move the Victoria Day holiday to the Monday preceding the May 24 whenever it doesn't happen to fall on the actual birthday More...

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Concerns expressed over development

I am writing in response to the outcome following the discussions for the proposed development off of 1st line in Mono. In July 2008, my family and I left the cookie cutter suburbs of Mississauga and moved to Mono. More...

Displeasure with cartoon

I write today to express my sincere displeasure with the recent distasteful editorial cartoon depicting nurses as using the nurse shortage problems as a political bargaining tool for their individual or collective financial benefit. More...

New law commented on

Re:First local bust under new drinking, driving law A comment regarding this issue, we can only wish that the police (but highly doubt) will be forthcoming in letting people in this situation know, that once the police seize their drivers license, More...

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Regional News

Firefighters have underwater camera for use in rescues

BY AMANDA GOOD

The Orangeville Fire Department now has an underwater camera to assist in ice and water rescues. The fire department conducts mandatory ice and water rescue training twice a year for all firefighters. More...

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Orica situation: David vs. Goliath?

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Is the second smallest township in Ontario's smallest county facing off against one of the world's largest explosives providers, or will Orica and East Luther Grand Valley reach an agreement prior to the critical date of June 12? More...

Hansen Boulevard to get bike lanes

By DAN PELTON & WES KELLER

Once touted as a major eastwest artery that would take traffic from Highway 10 to Highway 9, Hansen Boulevard is in the process of being converted into a three-lane roadway with bicycle paths. More...

Local News

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Photo/WES KELLER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Week Proclaimed: Ambulance Director Tom Reid accepts a certificate from Dufferin Warden Gordon Montgomery proclaiming May 17 to 23 as emergency medical services week 2009 in the county. More...

Scant interest shown on warden election

There was close to a dearth of public comments at a public meeting on county representation at County Council last week, and the two issues under discussion have been referred back to Government Services for committee debate. More...

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Photo/DAN PELTON COMMUNITY LIVING DUFFERIN held its appreciation night Tuesday at the Monora Pavilion. More...

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Columns

Love in ways that others will understand

I discovered very early in my highschool experience that foreign languages were not an area where I excelled. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY MARILYN MURRAY Branch 233, Orangeville

Watch for our lineup of events - Don't miss out! More...

Mariatu Kamara - revenge is for the ignorant

When Mariatu Kamara was 12 years old, living in Sierra Leone, West Africa, she lived in a tiny village of 200 people. More...

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Sports

Northmen A's wash away Beaches

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

If Friday night was any indication, it is going to be an exciting season for fans of the Rayburn Construction Junior A Northmen as the team kicked off their 2009 season at home, washing away Toronto Beaches 30-4. More...

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Photo/MIKE MALONEY STORMFRONT couldn't have been a more appropriate title as the Orangeville Minor Soccer Club played host to teams from across Southern Ontario in their annual season opening soccer tournament this past weekend. More...

Kings over Valley

It has been a long winter but the Orangeville Kings seem to have picked up right where they left off last year, winning their first two games of the 2009 season. More...

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