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February 11, 2010 / Front Page

ON VALENTINE’S DAY,

ON VALENTINE’S DAY, Boston Pizza will be serving heart-shaped pizzas as part of the chain’s 18th annual nationwide Valentine’s Day fundraiser, which is expected to raise up to $600,000 to support the Heart and Stroke Foundation of C More...

HELP FOR SHEEP, GOAT FARMERS:

HELP FOR SHEEP, GOAT FARMERS: Dufferin-Caledon MP David Tilson and federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz are shown announcing a federal investment of up to $6 million to aid sheep and goat farmers by helping them eradicate disease, enhance traceabi More...

Local News

Funeral for Don Laverty filled his church

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY

At a crossroad in Hockley Valley there is a plaque which states that the intersection used to be known as Lavertyville. This was because Laverty families lived on all four corners. The Lavertys go back in Hockley’s history some 150 years. More...

Hospital budget approved by LHIN

By WES KELLER

Headwaters Health Care Centre’s $48-million 2010 budget, balanced in part by a reputed saving of $1.8-million saving by closing Shelburne’s hospital, has been approved by Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). More...

Crewson encouraged by LHIN’s efforts

By WES KELLER

Although still disappointed by the impending transfer of complex care beds to Orangeville, Mayor Ed Crewson says he is impressed by the efforts being made by Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) to upgrade health services in central More...

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Mailbox

‘Real power has been usurped by the courts’

Re: Two democracies on widely divergent paths, Editorial, Feb. 4th, 2010 More...

Incredible’ support of fundraiser

How incredible the citizens of Orangeville are! We are so pleased to announce the generosity of our customers at Parson’s Florist who helped us raise $2240.00 in the “Carnations for the Haiti Nation” program. More...

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Regional News

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL

Come out and join us on Feb 12, for Chicken Pamaigiana, Mash Potatoes, Veggie, coleslaw, Dinner Roll with Dessert, Tea or Coffee, all for $10.00 prepared by Chef Bill Cooke. Come and Enjoy a great Meal. Delivery available for seniors. More...

Ambition ‘multiplied’ equals success for cast in ‘Freedom 85’

By Constance Scrafield-Danby

Write a play about two people, their ambition and the other characters in their way who influence the progress of that ambition. Then, cast the whole lot of them with just two actors. Interesting times. More...

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Rail side trail won’t be tolerated: residents

By DAN PELTON

At least some neighbouring residents are adamant that a proposed 1.2-kilometre section of trail beside the town’s railway tracks not be built, and that any discussion on the issue is pointless. More...

Melancthon petitions ministry on wind farms

By WES KELLER

Melancthon, one of the first townships to take a stand against spreading Toronto’s sewage sludge a few years ago, has now petitioned the provincial government for a moratorium on industrial wind farm development. More...

Editorial

Are Ontario’s public hospitals truly ‘public’?

ALTHOUGH THEY ONCE got all their revenue from patients or their insurers, Ontario’s public hospitals have since 1969 been financed entirely through the Ontario Health Insurance Plan and governed by the Public Hospitals Act, which gives wide More...

Wind farms are getting too free a ride

MELANCTHON COUNCIL deserves praise for going on the attack, so to speak, against certain provisions of Ontario’s Green Energy Act. More...

Political Cartoon

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Columns

Tell us about Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

In my Opinion

Wes Keller

After something like a half-century of writing both news and opinion about everything from community events to murder trials and such as claims investigations, military orders, and zoning fights, etc., in between, I am left with only one certainty: t More...

Remembering John Buchan

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

William Bothwell

Seventy years ago today, 11th February, 1940, John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, died in the fifth and final year of his appointment. More...

Fact or Fiction

From the Global Classroom

Doug Skeates

This could also be titled cause and effect. In either case we are expected to believe the ‘experts’. An expression from long ago was “Just give me the facts”. More...

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Sports

Sweep 81’s, Muskies take aim at ‘Hawks

By MIKE MALONEY

With wins on Friday night and Saturday, the Shelburne Muskies took care of a "little bit of house cleaning" this past weekend, sweeping away the Palmerston 81's in three straight to advance to the next round of their quest for the WOAA Senior Mens c More...

Muskies Play-off Schedule

Saturday, February 13th Saugeen Shores @ Shelburne 8:00 PM Friday, February 19th Shelburne @ Saugeen Shores 8:30 PM Saturday, February 20th Saugeen Shores @ Shelburne 8:00 PM Friday, February 26th Shelburne @ Saugeen Shores 8:30 PM More...

ORANGEVILLE TYKE

ORANGEVILLE TYKE SELECT Flyers Josh Pressley and his fellow teammates put their season on the line Tuesday night when they kicked off their Tri-County playoffs against the Oakville Rangers. More...

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