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November 26, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Photo/MIKE MALONEY DOWNTOWN ORANGEVILLE came to life on Friday after Santa Claus himself dropped into town, lighting up the night when he turned on the Christmas tree out front of town hall to officially kick off the festive season. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER CELEBRATING $5.4 MILLION: County council members and Orangeville Police Chief Joe Tomei join MPP Sylvia Jones and MPP Linda Jeffrey (seated left), MP David Tilson (standing behind the two MPPs) and Warden Gord Montgomery (wearing cha More...

Local News

Design expert on tap for SPCA fundraiser

The Marlin Travel offices at the Orangeville Walmart store will be the scene Sunday afternoon of an unusual fundraiser for the local SPCA. More...

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Photo/WES KELLER PHOTO STUDIO OPENS: Photographer Paul George, with scissors, is assisted by daughters Tonya Tavares, right, Chantelle Bradshaw and Tonya Tavares, holding the ribbon, mother Dina Tavares, second from left, his wife Laurie McDonald and More...

More charges against alleged stabber

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

A suspect already in custody for the brutal July 11 attack on an Orangeville woman has been charged in a separate incident, which occurred in Toronto's west end in May. More...

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Columns

Christian Perspectives

Connect to Jesus, the Light of the World

I have noticed that many people have taken advantage of the nice weather to put up their Christmas lights. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Our Youth Education Officer wishes to thank all the schools and students that participated in the Remembrance Poster & Poetry Competition. The respective schools will be notified of winners for the awards presentation on Sunday Nov 29. More...

With Your Permission

Actually, kids like discipline
Constance Scrafield- Danby

In the last few weeks I've had a lot of fun writing about the kids rehearsing and getting ready to perform Theatre Orangeville's Yule season's production - A Christmas Story. More...

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Sports

Crushers edge Streetsville 3-2

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

Orangeville Crushers edged over into the second half of their 2009- 10 season this past weekend with a 3-2 win over the visiting Streetsville Derby's in their lone game of the weekend last Friday night at the Alder Street Community Centre. More...

Fish put bite on 'Cats

After a long month on the road, the Shelburne Muskies finally found their way home this past weekend and registered a 7-4 victory over the Durham Thundercats at the CDRC on Saturday. More...

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ODSS BEARS showed they will be a force to be reckoned with this season. More...

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Public meeting set on hospital closure

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Headwaters Health Care Centre's board of directors has decided to defer closure of the former Shelburne District Hospital, at least until after it holds a public meeting in Shelburne early in December. More...

Mono avoids local tax increase

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The average Mono ratepayer will face no property tax increase in 2010 for town services — the same situation enjoyed for three of the last four years. The only exception was a 2.4 per cent hike in 2008. More...

Treasurer wants town to build reserves

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Town of Orangeville council kicked off its 2010 municipal budget deliberations Monday with Treasurer Bill McKennan outlining the state of the town finances and urging the town to concentrate more on building up its cash reserves. More...

Editorial

Worst bottlenecks are gone, yet problems remain

IT TOOK A LONG TIME, but Dufferin residents living at or below Camilla finally have a fourlane highway to Toronto, and a freeway once they reach Snelgrove. More...

Political Cartoon

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It's time to turn to reserves

AT BUDGET TIME, politicians at all levels of government would do well to look to the Scriptures for clues about good financial planning. More...

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Mailbox

Canadians are the worst polluters?

We've been judged as one of the top three Worst Polluters in the World :( We've been judged and tried by population density that we are in fact with out mistake one of the three worst polluting countries of the world. Doesn't sound right does it? More...

A farewell to the community

Thanks Dufferin and the business community in particular. More...

Should Council be a cut?

On the front page of the Citizen published 19 November, I read that "Town Facing Tough 2010 Budget Challenge." Turning then to Page A5, I read "Council approves pay raise recommendations". It seems Council doesn't relate page 1 to page 5. More...

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Regional News

Dufferin County gets $7.2 M in grants

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin County got a $5.4-million shot in the arm last Friday to help pay for the proposed courthouse addition, along with formal confirmation of $1. More...

YMCA defends survey process

A senior official of the Greater Toronto YMCA has defended the process followed in a survey which led to a conclusion that there is strong support for the introduction of YMCA facilities and services in North Dufferin. More...

23,000 inoculated at flu clinics

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

As of Tuesday, the Wellington Dufferin Guelph Health Unit had vaccinated about 23,000 residents against the H1N1 virus without any serious side effects, an official said Wednesday. More...

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