Subscribe Get News Updates Print Edition
Flip Edition
2009-11-19 digital edition
Login Profile
Shopping Going Out Health Care Real Estate Home Improvement Automotive Classifieds Public Notices
Local News November 19, 2009  RSS feed

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 ...

Photo
      Photo/DAN PELTON
More ...

Council approves pay raise recommendations
      What may be the final chapter in the contentious saga of Orangeville town council remuneration was written Monday night when council approved recommendations of an ad hoc committee that addressed the issue. When the next council takes its place on Dec.
More ...

Photo
      Photo/DAN PELTON
More ...

Photo
      Photo/DAN PELTON
More ...

Council votes to change hiring policy
      Orangeville Council voted Monday night to revise its hiring policies and allow relatives of council members and town employees to apply for certain positions.
More ...

Photo
      Contributed Photo
More ...

Arts Festival gala a success
      The gourmet food was pronounced fantastic, the juried art work by 35 of the region's artists wonderful and the music by Russell Scott and Lisa Watson added up to a memorable Headwaters Arts Festival gala at the Alton Mill.
More ...

Residents see no need for sidewalks in estate subdivision
      Residents of the Master's Creek subdivision in Mono are protesting plans to install sidewalks on their properties, which they said would intrude on the estate lots they had purchased. They say they were not aware that sidewalks are planned for the estate subdivision.
More ...

Photo
      Photo DAN PELTON
More ...

Musical benefit set for Eric Copeland
      Six months ago, Alton's Eric Copeland was a vibrant nine-year-old, but today he faces enduring 11 courses of chemotherapy, each one squeezing the energy out of his young body with endless complications at every turn. This unspeakable nightmare is compounded by enormous expenses as Eric's family shuttles back and forth to hospitals and laboratories.
More ...

Photo
      Contributed Photo
More ...

Greenbelt plan both praised and criticized at Mono meeting
      The merits of the Ontario government's 1.8-million acre Greenbelt were debated in Mono Centre on Saturday, as the Mono Mulmur Citizens Coalition (MC2) staged a Growing the Greenbelt meeting which, in the words of meeting chair Harvey Kolodney, was meant to be "an educational event.
More ...