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June 25, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/DAN PELTON FROM UGANDA, WITH LOVE: The walls of the Grand Valley Baptist Church echoed with the energetic sound of the Watoto Children's Choir on Sunday. More...

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Photo/KATHEY STANTON HOSPITAL DONATION: MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC presented a $1,500 cheque to Headwaters Health Care Centre's My Hospital at Work campaign. More...

Local News

LHIN opts for U.S. firm's lab service

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

For no discernable reason other than it fits a provincial mould, Dufferin residents will soon receive their blood and other lab tests from a for-profit, publicly traded U.S. More...

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Photo/DAN PELTON LAST WEEKEND'S RAIN dampened the attendance figures at the Hockley Strawberry Festival, but not the enthusiasm of Judy Jamieson, left and Brooke Aitchison, who were there to man the strawberry and strawberry snow cone stand, rain or More...

Chantree farm site of amateur radio field day Saturday

The Paul Chantree farm near Riverview will be the scene this weekend of a Field Day demonstration by amateur radio devotees, courtesy of the Dufferin Amateur Radio Emergency Service. More...

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Translating cuts into impact on patients

Re: Nursing cuts at Headwaters Health Care Centre The news of nursing cuts to Headwaters Health Care Centre's complex continuing care unit has been couched in reassuring but misleading terms by the CEO, and as President of the Ontario Nurses' Asso More...

'Several errors' said in editorial

In your editorial "Needed: a good dose of common sense" (18 June), you referred to the dispute between NDACT and the Highland Group of companies, and to the bylaw that you named the "forest conservation bylaw." You made several errors. More...

New regulations are puzzling

During the afternoon of June 18th, 2009 a vehicle with a flashing light on its roof and containing thee men rolled into my driveway; the men were employees of Canada Post and they preceded to tell me that I had fifteen days in which to move my mail More...

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Sports

Summer shoot-out success at Barry Burman Tournament

This past weekend 42 teams from across Ontario joined with four Northmen squads competing in the 2009 Barry Burman Summer Shootout hosted by the Orangeville District Minor Lacrosse Association. More...

Numbers don't add up for Northmen B

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Heading into their final regular season game on Sunday, it all came down to the numbers for the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen. More...

Home sweet home - Outlaws go 3 for 3

Home proved the best place to be as the Orangeville Outlaws went three for three in Ontario Minor Football League action on Sunday. More...

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Mono council sets subdivision conditions

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Despite last-minute protests from the Greater Island Lake Community Association (GILCA) and Councillor Jean Castel, Mono Council voted on Tuesday to pass a zoning bylaw to permit development of a 323-unit residential site between First and Second L More...

Rail Trail information session set for Saturday

Interested Orangeville-area residents are invited to learn about the Rail Trail, the newest link in the Orangeville trail system, by attending an open meeting this Saturday, June 27 at 10 a.m. More...

NDACT urged to keep raising money

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Facing confirmation that The Highland Companies would be applying for a quarry permit within "three to six months," the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce (NDACT) heard Saturday that it would likely need to raise about $250,000 wit More...

Editorial

The eHealth scandal: it's Canadian history revisited

ONE OF THE MOST important observations we've encountered concerning the current scandal afflicting eHealth Ontario came in a commentary by Dr. Michael Rachlis, a health policy analyst and an associate professor at the University of Toronto. More...

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Fighting quarry will be expensive

IF ANYTHING, TED OLDFIELD'S prediction that the North Dufferin Agricultural and Community Taskforce (NDACT) will have to raise a quarter-million dollars if it wants to fight plans for a major limestone quarry is unduly conservative. More...

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Columns

All the good reasons . . .

June is my favourite month. It is that beautiful transition from winter to spring into summer. Everything is in full blossom. The first cut of hay is ready to store. The first big flurry of colour explodes in the gardens. More...

On Mother and the Motherland

We - editorial 'we'- had thought of resorting to poetry to end the month. "What was so rare as a June day this June? Then, if ever, used to be perfect days". Unhappily, the poetic Muse failed us. More...

Sounds like an NDP argument to Hoy

To hear Ontario Tory leadership hopeful Christine Elliott tell it, being a red Tory, i.e. a Liberal lite, means you really care about people, while being a blue Tory, i.e. More...

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