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June 18, 2009 / Local News

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Photo/DAN PELTON COMING TO THE AID OF JACK: A blood donor clinic was held Wednesday at the Best Western to help six-month-old Jack Pereira, who suffers from a rare condition called Diamond Blackfan Anaemia and is constantly in need of regular transfu More...

Museum to host Made of Wood show

The Made of Wood Show 2009 Juried Exhibition will take place next September at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives. Presented in partnership with the Ontario Crafts Council, the exhibition from Sept. More...

Financial expert to speak at business luncheon

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OPP moving to Primrose next week

After 36 years on Shelburne's eastern outskirts, the Ontario Provincial Police force's Dufferin detachment is getting a new, more spacious home at Primrose. The detachment's new building, located at 506312 Highway 89, is in the Town of Mono. More...

Tip leads to drug arrests at ODSS

Orangeville Police arrested four youths after a report of people smoking drugs in a car at Westside Secondary School. More...

Shirley Perry a Senior of the Year

Shirley Perry of Orangeville is the recipient of a provincial Senior of the Year Award. Mrs. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER LEGION SHOW & SHINE for 2009 was about half the size of the one in 2008, but the decline in numbers was attributed to the threat of inclement weather - as many of the bikers usually come from distances. More...

Dufferin schools win fitness challenge

Princess Elizabeth Public School in Orangeville and Shelburne's Hyland Heights Elementary School have earned themselves new gym equipment by completing this year's Go Active! Fitness Challenge. More...

Car wash part of bid for Guinness record

Credit Meadows YMCA, local firefighters, police officers and Boston Pizza's mascot are among the volunteers who will take part in a car wash in Orangeville Saturday that's part of a bid to set a Guinness World Record. The wash event, from 10 a.m. More...

Rankin 2009 Dr. David Scott Award winner

The 2009 Dr. David Scott Award was presented to Larry Rankin at Headwaters Health Care Centre's annual general meeting, held Tuesday. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER LIFESAVERS HONOURED: Left, Heart and Stroke area manager Sara Felske, Dufferin Paramedic Jason Dzikowski, Dufferin Ambulance director Tom Reid, Brian Hooper, Warden Gordon Montgomery, Matt Keirstead, Heart and Stroke manager Joanne C More...

NDACT's tree accusations keep growing

North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Task Force (NDACT), through its consultant Garry Hunter, now says the removal of what it calculates to be almost nine hectares (about 22 acres) of trees by The Highland Companies is "not trivial. More...

Local parties on the move as election talk simmers

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Talk of a possible federal summer election continues to circulate, despite the consensus that such an election would likely be as popular as the plague among Canadian voters. More...

Local lab services being changed

Headwaters Health Care Centre announced Wednesday that, after discussions with the Central West LHIN and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, lab testing services for non-hospital patients will no longer be provided at the hospital or two Ora More...

Danielle DuBois: Working with small business, women in business

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

If you hurry, you will be in time to take part in the "Dress to Impress" event happening this evening at Orangeville's Joppa Cafe. More...

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THE ORANGEVILLE FOOD BANK has been the beneficiary of the staff and students of Humber College, Orangeville campus, who have, and will continue, to stage events throughout the calendar year to provide both food and money to the food bank. More...