THESE UNHOLY DENIZENS of the haunted house had but one malevolent purpose Sunday at the Mono Centre Community Centre; to scare the bejeebers out of the kids who were attending the Town of Mono Halloween party. More...
Public health officials across the country are washing their hands and praying that the death Monday of a teenaged hockey player in Etobicoke, along with a sudden upsurge of H1N1 ("swine") flu in B.C., does not cause a panic. Locally, the first vaccination clinic in Orangeville will open Monday morning at a Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph health unit facility at 276A Broadway. More...
Twenty-five years will have passed next week, but the pain of losing two children to a juvenile killer has not abated for Orangeville's Babineau family. Next Friday, Nov. More...
THE MAPLES INDEPENDENT COUNTRY SCHOOL students were on hand at the Orangeville Food Bank Tuesday to present a donation of $1,000, which were the proceeds of the school's October Fall Festival. The Maples' PTA co-chairpersons Brenda Price and Leanne Button, as well as some students, also tried their hands at box loading. More...
As part of its 50th anniversary initiative, the Ontario Long Term Care Association (OLTCA) has announced four recipients of the first-ever Ontario Long Term Care Association Nursing Leadership Awards. The winners were unveiled and recognized at a special presentation and reception sponsored by 3M Healthcare at the Association's Fall Symposium held in Markham. More...
PERHAPS IT WAS A STEP in the right direction when Ontario's finance minister admitted that he hasn't produced any plan to achieve a balanced budget in the near future, let alone in the two years remaining in the government's current mandate. More...
Last week I had the most incredible experience. I met William Paul Young, author of the runaway best seller 'The Shack'. I listened as he spoke about the development of the book out of his own life experiences. More...
Re: "Romance of the rails" still lives on (Oct. 15): Both VIA Rail Canada and SNC Lavalin (who will build and operate the Pearson Airport Link) would love to use new, modern Diesel Multiple Units (DMUs, but there are a number of problems. More...
East Garafraxa Mayor Allen Taylor, who last year nominated incumbent Warden Gordon Montgomery, the mayor of Mulmur, for the top Dufferin County post, has thrown his hat in the ring for the upcoming election. Although there is a rumour that Warden Montgomery will seek a second one-year term, he could not be reached for comment Wednesday. More...
It was another busy weekend on the Central Canadian Hockey League schedule for the Orangeville Crushers. Playing another grueling three games in three nights , the Crushers came away with four of a possible six points thanks to wins over North York (3-0) on Friday and the Streetsville Derby's (6-1) on Sunday. More...
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