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February 4, 2010 / Local News

WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH

WESTMINSTER UNITED CHURCH was a musical venue on Saturday as the Bluesberries were in town to perform, and teach those in attendance about, the various forms of jazz music; from Dixieland to Beebop to Cool to Fusion. More...

Shelburne beds get reprieve

By WES KELLER

The 22 long-term-care beds at Shelburne hospital got at least a brief reprieve when Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) delayed approval of the Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) budget until it gets more information. More...

Correction

The photo of Bert Gauthier being honoured as citizen of the year by the Lord Dufferin IODE, run last week, contained misinformation regarding who is in the picture. More...

FAMILIES IN MOTION DAY:

FAMILIES IN MOTION DAY: February 15 has been proclaimed as Families in Motion Day in Orangeville. The Family Day activities, planned by the Parks and Recreation Department, runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

The last act is the hardest

Equal Billing

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY

But ‘there is always more theatre to do’: Nairn More...

THE KINETTE CLUB OF SHELBURNE

THE KINETTE CLUB OF SHELBURNE presented a donation of $5,000 to Headwaters Health Care Centre. More...

Town introduces bicycle lanes on Hansen Blvd.

Originally designed as a four-lane arterial street, Orangeville’s Hansen Boulevard has been redesigned as a multiple-use street with two lanes for through vehicular traffic, a centre turning lane and the town’s first bicycle lanes at eit More...

Jones says deal means dire consequences

By DAN PELTON

Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says the Ontario government’s recent $7 billion deal with a South Korean consortium to bolster the province’s green technology industry will have dire consequences for electricity consumers. More...

U.S. consul general to speak locally

The Rotary Club of Orangeville, The Greater Dufferin Homebuilders Association, and the Greater Dufferin Area Chamber of Commerce will present United States Consul General Kevin Johnson as the guest speaker for their 2010 Industry Luncheon. More...

Library launches local history centre

The Orangeville Public Library has launched a revitalized local history centre at its Mill Street location. Resources on the Town of Orangeville and Dufferin County are now located in one central site in the library for easy access. More...

Commitee wants woodlot preserved

The Highland Companies remains adamant that its application to clear a 2.4 hectare woodlot was meant to expand its farming operations, but is not prepared to say what options it might have if county council rejects the application. More...

DAIRY QUEEN DEALS:

DAIRY QUEEN DEALS: To mark its first anniversary at its Riddell Road location, the Orangeville Dairy Queen is offering up discounts on its line of novelty items ranging from ice cream cakes to ice cream sandwiches. More...

Sealy concert this Friday night, an OCA event

Joe Sealy, one of Canada’s most highly regarded jazz musicians, whose music is beloved by audiences from coast to coast and around the world, is coming with his Jazzbirds to Orangeville this Friday, February 5, as part of the Orangeville Conce More...