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January 28, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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NO HOLIDAY FOR HARPER:

NO HOLIDAY FOR HARPER: Over 130 people attended a rally at MP David Tilson’s Orangeville office last Saturday to express their displeasure with Prime Minister Harper’s decision to prorogue Parliament until March 3. More...

CITIZEN GAUTHIER:

CITIZEN GAUTHIER: Bert Gauthier of Dods & McNair Funeral Home was honoured Tuesday at the Lord Dufferin Centre. The Lord Dufferin chapter of the IODE chose him as Citizen of the Year for the various acts he has done for the community. More...

Local News

D-C riding residents rally against prorogation

By DAN PELTON

Close to 130 people gathered in front of Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson’s Orangeville office Saturday to protest Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s most recent prorogation of Parliament. A similar rally at Mr. More...

A TOAST TO PROCLAMATIONS!

A TOAST TO PROCLAMATIONS! Mayor Rob Adams was on hand at Town Hall Monday to proclaim February as Toastmasters’ Month in Orangeville. More...

Local wait times reduced for psychiatric inpatients

At the Headwaters Health Care Centre’s January Board of Directors meeting, the board granted privileges to 10 physicians in the hospital’s Departments of Emergency Medicine, Medicine and Family Medicine. More...

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Columns

Curses of Praises?

Christian Perspectives
Maxine McLellan

Much has been said and written since the devastating earthquake that shook the island of Haiti on January 12. More...

Potpourri

Angles ’n’ Attitudes
William Bothwell

That word suggests a miscellany, a mixture of things. That is what this space is today. However, since a pot is a vessel and the French verb ‘pourrir’ means ‘to rot’, a potpourri could mean an unsavoury mess. More...

OImportance of an insignificant tree

From the Global Classroom
Doug Skeates

On a trip to the Philippines I encountered a tree species I had never heard of before. My major interest was protection and preservation of Negros forests, a province in the Visayas Region, hopefully with extension of this ecosystem. More...

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2010 town budget nearly set

An old saying has been coming into play as Orangeville council winds down its 2010 budget deliberations: The more things change, the more they stay the same. More...

Principal puts kibosh on CDDHS school play

By DAN PELTON

A Centre Dufferin District High School production of the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has been cancelled because the school’s principal and vice-principal object to its language and sexual content. More...

Editorial

Raw milk: let’s have regulation, not litigation

ONTARIO’S RAW MILK producers are essentially in the same position today as the province’s paralegals used to be. More...

Political Cartoon

Full Story

Lacrosse history returns to Dufferin

Museum Matters

October 1922 saw lots of things happening in the Orangeville area. Barns had caught fire, a child almost drowned when she fell into a well, and the debate about automobiles passing funeral processions continued with great passion. More...

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Mailbox

Play cancellation angers students, parents

On Friday, January 21st, 2010, the cast and ensemble for the upcoming CDDHS production of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” was called into a meeting to be advised that after consideration of the script and the content of the proposed play it wa More...

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Regional News

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL

Come out and join us for Karaoke on Saturday Jan 30, 2010 with host Johnny Green from 9pm- 1am. Members and guests welcome. On January 29 we will be having a Lasagne & Caesar Salad Dinner for $6.00. More...

Golden reward’ for hard work and dedication by all on and off ice

By Constance Scrafield-Danby

Head coach Lindsay White is emphatic that it takes six to take care of a team. More...

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Sports

Muskies set sights on 81’s in first round

By MIKE MALONEY

Twenty games later, the Shelburne Muskies are set to kick-off the “second season” this Saturday night at the CDRC when the team opens their best of five WOAA Northern Division quarter final play-off series against Palmerston. More...

Muskies Play-off Schedule

Saturday, January 30th Palmerston @ Shelburne 8:00 PM Friday, February 5th Shelburne @ Palmerston 8:30 PM Saturday, February 6th Palmerston @ Shelburne 8:00 PM More...

ORANGEVILLE NOVICE AA

ORANGEVILLE NOVICE AA Flyers had their OMHA Qualifier record tarnished this past weekend, dropping a hard fought 3-2 decision to the Oakville Rangers on Sunday afternoon. More...

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