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Council revises bylaw on business surcharge
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

At its public meeting Monday night, Orangeville council revised a resolution it had made as a preamble to a bylaw aimed at making local taxpaying retailers more competitive with non-taxpaying, mobile vendors. At its Sept. 14 meeting, council resolved that the town's business licence bylaws be amended to incorporate a 20 per cent surcharge for non-resident applicants. More...

Mono's 2010 budget process launched
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Mono council began its preparation of its 2010 municipal budget Tuesday night with a public meeting on the issue at Mono Centre Community Centre. More...

Few inoculated as flu season hits
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Few places in the community remain sickness free this week as the onslaught of the influenza season, accentuated by presence of the H1N1 virus, has been particularly severe with few residents having been vaccinated. There are reports of local schools being depleted of both staff and students and area businesses have been affected. More...

 Editorial
• What's this? Perfectly pathetic pandemic planning?
OF ONE THING we're confident. Since experience elsewhere (particularly in the southern hemisphere) indicated strongly that the H1N1 virus that reached humans from Mexico's swine population last year was causing a world-wide pandemic that would hit Canadians sometime this fall, More...
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• A uniform proposal
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 Columns
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Planning, reality are far apart
Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is reported to have blamed GlaxoSmithKline Inc., the H1N1 vaccine producer, "along with the panic," for the supply shortage that's already gripping the country after only one week. I prefer to blame the minister for not having considered all the factors that should have been taken into account in the planning. More...
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 Mailbox
• 'No evidence links D&D to societal violence'
On 29 October, an article by Wes Keller dealing with a local homicide from the 1980s suggested a link to the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) role-playing game. I want to acknowledge the heinous nature of that crime and communicate my heartfelt sympathy. However, I am compelled to take specific issue with Mr. Keller's characterization of D&D gamers. More...
• An open letter re: hospital
• 'Think about what each writer is fighting for'
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 Regional News
• Famed tenor loves life in south Dufferin
Tenor Mark Dubois has performed "in every major city in the world" in his 37-year professional career, for audiences of as many as 45,000, but he still ranks the Orangeville/Hockley area as among the greatest of all places to be. More...
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• OMB motion costs awarded to Orica
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 Sports
• Muskies dump Crushers
Two points were the treat for the Shelburne Muskies when they made a Halloween road trip to Shallow Lake this past weekend. It was the second game of the season for Shelburne after defeating Ripley 7-1 in their home opener at the CDRC on October 17th. More...
• 'Focus' costs Orangeville Crushers
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