September 17, 2009 RSS feed / Regional News

4 in 10 Setex workers find jobs

Roughly 40 per cent of the 254 Setex Canada workers who were laid off on the closing of the Shelburne plant have found new employment, largely through the efforts of Future Focus Action Centre, co-ordinator Rick Cronkwright said at Wednesday's gran More...

Candidate Turner opens website with blog

Garth Turner, who is expected to be unchallenged as the Liberal candidate in the federal riding of Dufferin-Caledon, has opened a website with an interactive blog, as a way for residents of the riding to get involved directly and instantly. More...

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MONO'S BIG DAY OUT, the first ever, was a resounding success as a substantial crowd showed up for the finest in Mono cuisine, culture and music. More...

Murder-suicide mystifies neighbours

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is probing events at and near the Camilla home where Hugh Ferguson, 42, took his own life after fatally shooting his estranged wife, Heidi, 39, on Westdale Avenue in Orangeville late last Friday night. More...

Highland Companies mulls farming growth

Potatoes will continue to be a vital part of The Highland Companies operations in Dufferin, spokesman Michael Daniher says in a periodic update on the company's farming operations. More...

Sparks fly at opening of quarry hearing

A long-awaited Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing into a quarry application by James Dick Construction Limited (JDCL) opened Tuesday to a packed house and heated words. It was standing-room only in the hall at St. More...

Amaranth, county to share new dome

Construction is to begin next week on a second dome for sand and salt supplies on Amaranth's Fifth Line (County Road 12), and this one is expected to enhance Dufferin County's winter road maintenance as well as the township's. More...

Ski club, Mono seek pit compromise

A cordial relationship between the Mono Nordic Ski Club and the Town of Mono concerning a gravel pit that has lasted 25 years has been strained by a recent surge in infrastructure work that has increased gravel extraction threatens ski trails surro More...

PM's wife on hand at Tory fashion show

Dufferin - Caledon riding federal Conservatives got to see some great local fashions, hear rousing pep talks, and meet the wife of Prime Minister Stephen Harper last Thursday. More...