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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 Canada, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and Kids Help Phone. This year, half the proceeds have been earmarked for Haitian relief. More...
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...

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 traceability and improve on-farm food safety practices. More...

 Local News
• article has image Funeral for Don Laverty filled his church
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. A descendant of those families, Don Laverty died tragically in a car accident last Thursday, at age 67. More...
• Hospital budget approved by LHIN
• Crewson encouraged by LHIN’s efforts
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 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 powers to the Province. More...
• Wind farms are getting too free a ride
• article has image Political Cartoon
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 Columns
• article has image Tell us about Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
In my Opinion
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: there are always at least two sides to every story. More...
• article has image Remembering John Buchan
• article has image Fact or Fiction
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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
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 Regional News
• Royal Canadian Legion News
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. ALL ARE WELCOME. Come out and join us for Karaoke on Saturday Feb 13, 2010 with host Johnny Green from 9pm- 1am. More...
• article has image Ambition ‘multiplied’ equals success for cast in ‘Freedom 85’
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 Sports
• Sweep 81’s, Muskies take aim at ‘Hawks
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 championship. More...
• Muskies Play-off Schedule
• article has image ORANGEVILLE TYKE
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