October 1, 2009 RSS feed / Local News

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THE MINTO CUP CHAMPION Orangeville Northmen were honoured at Monday's Town Council meeting and, as part of the tribute, had part of Fead Street past the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Complex designated as Northmen Way. More...

Now it's Northmen Way

The Orangeville Junior A Northmen Lacrosse club was honoured at Orangeville Council this week with the presentation of street signs for "Northmen Way". More...

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HARMONY WHOLE FOODS on First Street held a seminar Tuesday to educate participants on ways to best promote and protect the immune system. More...

Mackie to carry the Torch for Orangeville

When the Olympic Flame arrives in Orangeville in just 93 days, it will be proudly carried by Bryon Mackie, chosen as the community torchbearer to light the celebration cauldron for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay. More...

Author Catherine Gildiner tells curious tales

"When I was four years old," reminisces Catherine Gildiner, "the doctor told my parents that I was hyper-active and needed to go to work full time." As a result of this rather strange recommendation, she said, "I went to work at the age of four fo More...

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

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

Georgian campus reports big enrolment gains

Final statistics on September enrolment show that total enrolment at the Orangeville Campus of Georgian College has almost tripled this September over September 2008, with 212 students now enrolled in 15 courses, compared with 68 last year. More...

Airport Road scene of fatality

Dufferin OPP Detachment is investigating a motor vehicle collision on Airport Road early Sunday that claimed the life of a 19-year-old Guelph man. Shortly before 2 a.m. More...

Horning's Mills landmark to disappear

The staid old Knox Presbyterian church in Horning's Mills was once one of only a few churches in Ontario with hydro electricity, and now it has become a church without pews and with gaping holes or plywood where once it boasted marvellous stainedgl More...

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BOB CLARENCE, a hunter education instructor for the last 40 years, has been inducted into the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Hall of Fame in Peterborough. Mr. More...

Stepdancing champ to perform at Torch Relay

It won't matter to Chanda Gibson if December 28 is extremely cold or very mild, as the stepdancing champion heats up the stage with her energetic and enthusiastic performance. More...