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October 1, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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MONTREAL CANADIENS coach Jacques Martin watches his players as they go through their paces at Teen Ranch on Wednesday morning. More...

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FORMER CANADIAN MIDDLEWEIGHT champion and local fan favourite Bryon Mackie speaks to the crowd with Mayor Rob Adams on Saturday morning after being named the torch bearer for the Orangeville portion of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Torch Run. More...

Local News

CDRC to get $3M fix

The Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex (CDRC), which opened in 1977, has been awarded funding through the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund (ISF) for a $3 million renovation and expansion project. More...

Baywinds passes fire inspection

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

An Orangeville fire department inspection this week has determined that the Baywinds facility on First Street is adhering to fire safety standards. More...

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THE 137th GRAND VALLEY FALL FAIR was held over the weekend. According to fair officials, attendance was down slightly from 2008, but not by a significant margin, and the event was an overall success. More...

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The Regulation of Tree Cutting in Dufferin

The Dufferin County Council is in the process of rewriting a tree cutting by-law which will: limit the sale of timber and firewood; require a permit every time one cuts a tree; treat sales differently than own use; and encourage neighbours to comme More...

Renewed focus needed

The two recent acts of violence against women within the Town of Orangeville certainly cry out for a renewed focus on proactive involvement at all levels of society. More...

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The response to Ms. Wallace's delegation of September 3 involved Councillors Crowe, Elliott, and Kumprey as well as myself. Mayor Fawcett was not in attendance(we are not sure why). More...

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Regional News

ELGV gets $10.4 M funding for plant

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

East Luther Grand Valley is poised to proceed soon with employment and residential development thanks to a $10.4- million Canada-Ontario infrastructure grant that'll pay two-thirds of the $15.6-million sewage plant development. More...

Quarry opponents to learn where it stands

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Melancthon residents opposing a proposed 2,400-acre quarry will get an opportunity get the facts on the processes involved, along with the implications, when township council holds a public meeting in Honeywood Arena's Norduff Room next Monday, Oct More...

AlterNRG expands, tests weeds for syngas

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

AlterNRG, Dufferin County's preferred vendor for EcoEnergy Park's (DEEP) thermal treatment plant, is evaluating the use of switchgrass and sorghum as feedstock at its Cajun II electrical generation plant in Louisiana. More...

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Public meeting set on council pay hikes

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The contentious subject of remuneration for Orangeville council will be discussed anew Monday when an ad hoc committee presents its recommendations at a public meeting in the town council chambers. More...

Bruce Trail expands scope in Mono

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

As it gets ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2010, the Bruce Trail has taken its place as one of most enduring and venerable nature routes in Canada. More...

Editorial

Transportation network with far too many gaps

ONE THING Canadians who travel abroad soon discover is that we have a lot to learn from Europeans when it comes to transportation generally, and public transit in particular. More...

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Wanted: some 'official' scenic tours

SO HERE WE ARE in the Month of Colour, as October might well be dubbed, and the local arts community is celebrating artistic colour with the Headwaters Arts Festival while the Credit Valley Explorer is running special fall colour tours. More...

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Columns

In my opinion

The best possible arrangement
Wes Keller

Whether the county made a good deal on remediation costs of the Dufferin Oaks exterior finish might be a matter of debate, but it would seem to have been the best possible arrangement they could have made. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Fun, but is it poetry?
William Bothwell

They say that there is a kind of poetry that everyone can write. It is called a limerick. Its master, though not its inventor, was Edward Lear (1812- 1888) who was a painter and illustrator as well. More...

National Affairs

A 'long overdue' proposal by PM Harper
Claire Hoy

Some see it as a plot. Then again, some people think everything is a plot. But the fact is, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's proposal to add 33 seats to the current 308 House of Commons seat total is long overdue. More...

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Sports

Crushers split weekend pair

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

It was a weekend best described as six of this, half dozen of the other for the Orangeville Crushers. They shut out Newmarket 1-0 on Friday night, then came up flat on Sunday afternoon in dropping a 2-1 decision to North York. More...

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WESTSIDE THUNDER Senior Girls basketball team kicked off their 2009 season in style at home to WCHS on Tuesday. After a slow first quarter start, the Thunder soon picked up the pace and rolled to a decisive 55-13 win. Photo/MIKE MALONEY More...

Peewee Flyers start with win

The Hallmark Toyota Peewee AA Flyers travelled to Brampton's venerable old Memorial Gardens for their season opener and to the delight of the visitors, they left the barn with a 3-1 victory. More...

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