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Town facing tough 2010 budget challenge
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Welcome to Orangeville, Bill McKennan. We have a real challenge for you. Orangeville's new treasurer and director of finance, who assumed his post in September, will be making his municipal budget debut Monday night and dealing with what Mayor Rob Adams describes as "probably the toughest budget we have had to prepare. More...

County tax hike held to 1%
By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

In what might seem an unusually complicated taxing situation at first blush, Dufferin County's tax rate will decline by 5 per cent for 2010, but higher assessments mean the burden on property owners will rise by about 1 per cent. More...

YMCA support strong in North Dufferin

The YMCA of Greater Toronto announced Wednesday that its research shows strong support for introduction of YMCA programs and services in North Dufferin. More...

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 Local News
• H1N1 shots now universally available
Everyone in Dufferin who wants the pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine is now eligible to receive it. But it remains to be seen whether Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health can match supply with demand for the vaccine, which remains in short supply and has an unusually limited shelf life. More...
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• Council approves pay raise recommendations
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 Editorial
• Why on earth should we kill the gun registry now?
WE WONDER WHAT was in the minds of the eight Liberal and 12 New Democrat MPs who joined with the Conservatives in supporting a private member's bill designed to kill Canada's controversial long gun registry. The support by the eight Liberal MPs is particularly perplexing, and seems to demonstrate anew a lack of strong leadership by leader Michael Ignatieff. More...
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• The next challenge: avoiding lineups
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 Columns
• article has image Local potter, partner take Canadians to see the North
"We are really interested in taking Canadians and, especially people in the is area, to the northern wilderness," says Al Pace, the well known potter who lives just inside the Hockley Valley. "This was our 18th summer doing canoe trips, taking people of all ages to experience the far north. More...
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• Royal Canadian Legion News
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 Mailbox
• Why I get the flu shot and the H1N1 Vaccine
Wintertime coughs, colds and flu are as Canadian as Tim Hortons and frigid Saturday mornings at the hockey rink. The fever, cough, and sore muscles that we all have experienced, is caused by an influenza virus and although it seems to be little more than a nuisance for healthy adults, it actually represents significantly more. More...
• Writer asks, what are the "Deniers" denying?
• MTO decision applauded
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 Regional News
• Tree bylaw sent back to committee
Largely on the view that private forest tracts should be considered in the same light as any other agricultural crop, county council has rejected the proposed Dufferin Tree Conservation bylaw, and has sent it back to committee for further review and more councillor input. More...
• County may bid for former hospital
• RBC announces first Olympic torchbearer
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 Sports
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It was the meeting people were waiting for all season, as both junior and senior teams from Westside and Centre Dufferin met in Orangeville on Monday afternoon, each vying for the title of District 4 Girls Basketball champion in their respective divisions. More...
• Muskie streak goes down in OT
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