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October 15, 2009  RSS feed

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CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH: A number of local service providers, including police, ambulance and political figures, gathered at Dufferin Child and Family Services last week to mark the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month. The public awareness campaign is announced, province-wide, for the month of October. More...
County, AlterNRG reach MOU on energy-from-waste plant
By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County Council and Calgary-based AlterNRG have completed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for construction of a Westinghouse Plasma technology energy-from-waste facility at EcoEnergy Park (DEEP), and agreed to work toward a "definitive agreement" this year. More...

Turner withdraws D-C candidacy
By DAN PELTON & BILL REA

Garth Turner has withdrawn his candidacy for the Liberal nomination in the federal riding of Dufferin-Caledon. His decision, announced last weekend, leaves the party with no official candidate, but Alton businessman Bill Prout had filed papers with the party prior to Mr. Turner's withdrawal, intending to challenge for the nomination. More...

 Local News
• article has image DCAFS facing $1.1M deficit
While the harsh economic climate is being felt all over, Dufferin Child and Family Services (DCAFS) is being particularly hard-hit, facing a $1.1-million deficit for its current fiscal year. More...
• County's hiring rules challenged
• Grannies plan Flavours of Africa Dinner
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 Editorial
• The real scandal lies in eHealth's very existence
AS WE SEE IT, the real scandal in connection with eHealth Ontario has little to do with the $1 billion the Auditor General says has been wasted by it and its predecessor over the past decade. Rather, it concerns their very existence. More...
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• Dump question poses an anomaly
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 Columns
• article has image Random Reflections
'Romance of the rails' still lives on
The weather was typical of this October — cool and wet, albeit not as cold as we're finding it this week — and the fall colours were barely discernable. But all aboard the Credit Valley Explorer were clearly enjoying the experimental two-hour run down to Inglewood. More...
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 Mailbox
• HST said to threaten home affordability
Starting July 1, 2010 Ontarians can expect to pay a harmonized sales tax (HST) rate of 13% on a long list goods and services that were previously exempt from the 8% Provincial Sales Tax (PST). More...
• Readers give opinions on Melancthon meeting
• Gun column gets comment
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 Regional News
• Headwaters board approves hospital's balanced scorecard
At its September meeting the board of directors of Headwaters Health Care Centre approved the hospital's new "balanced scorecard," designed to show how the institution is performing. "The scorecard provides a clear picture of how we are performing against provincial and hospital-set benchmarks," said Headwaters CEO Cholly Boland. More...
• Proposed forest bylaw slammed by landowners
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 Sports
• article has image Crushers take two of weekend three
The song says that "two out of three ain't bad" and one could guess that was a sentiment shared around the Crushers' dressing room Monday morning after the team took two of three games this past weekend. Starting the weekend off was a visit from the Hamilton Red Wings. More...
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• Thunder edge Royals
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