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October 29, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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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...

Local News

Avalon nurse an OLTCA award-winner

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. More...

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER Michael Lewis makes a motivational point to a capacity crowd at Monora Park Pavilion following a luncheon sponsored by Small Business Enterprise Centre Tuesday. More...

Public meeting to launch Mono budget process

Mono council will begin the process of preparing its 2010 budget next Tuesday, Nov. 3, with a public meeting at the Mono Centre Community Centre. The preparations will continue at the regular council meeting Nov. More...

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Lack of self-propelled rail cars explained

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...

Column on celibacy, papal infallibility said fallacious

The column by Constance Scrafield-Danby, entitled "Time to admit fallibility", (Oct. 22) is, ironically, so wrong in so many ways that it cannot go unchallenged. Simply put, the article is poorly reasoned and factually incorrect. More...

YMCA 'achievement' said to be an asset to all

Re: "Who is running Melancthon Township?" (October 22, 2009) I offer the following observations regarding Ms. More...

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Regional News

Taylor seeking warden's chair

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

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. More...

East Gara resident fumes over weeds

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

An East Garafraxa resident is wondering why the township has been unable to enforce a clean-up of "an eyesore" in a small estate residential subdivision, and Mayor Allen Taylor is in total agreement that something needs to be done. More...

Alter NRG 'a good investment'

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The preferred supplier of a gasification plant for the Dufferin Eco Energy Park (DEEP) is supplying the same technology to St. Lucia, Florida, to replace the need for a landfill site to service the city's 235,000 residents. More...

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Local 'swine' flu clinics start next Monday

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

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. More...

Family still feels pain of children's murder 25 years ago

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

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...

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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. More...

Editorial

Soaring deficits demonstrate need for tax reforms

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...

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Need for vaccinations is a no-brainer

IT WILL BE INTERESTING, indeed, to see whether the deaths of two otherwise healthy young children changes the minds of roughly half the polled Canadians who last week didn't plan to have their kids vaccinated against the H1N1 influenza virus. More...

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Columns

Christian Perspectives

What is it to be spiritual?
Rev. Edward Bellsmith

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...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Youth Education Officer is reminding everyone that the Poster & Poetry Competition is underway. This is normally done through their respective schools, but entries will be accepted at the Legion directly. More...

Meagre Musings

Bidding adieu to Garth Turner
Dan Pelton

One thing can be said about our dearly departed, wannabe Liberal MP Garth Turner. He certainly has a flourish for the grand exit. Mr. More...

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Sports

Crushers shut-out Rangers

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

It was another busy weekend on the Central Canadian Hockey League schedule for the Orangeville Crushers. More...

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ORANGEVILLE OTTERS Ryleigh Sadler makes the turn and powers her way home in the freestyle finals of the Orangeville Otters Fall Invitational Swim Meet held at the Alder Street Community Centre this past weekend. More...

Thunder girls still undefeated

Westside Secondary continues to be the team to beat in 2009 as both the Senior and Junior Girls basketball squads kept their undefeated records intact, posting decisive wins over Wellington Centre in District 4 basketball action this past Monday. More...

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