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March 18, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

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THE AMARANTH LIONS CLUB

THE AMARANTH LIONS CLUB donated $2,700 to Headwaters Health Care Foundation last week; proceeds that were raised through the sale of their 2010 “cash calendars”. The proceeds will be directed to the Dialysis Program at Headwaters. More...

D-C to participate in national discussion forum

By DAN PELTON

Residents of the Dufferin-Caledon federal riding will have the opportunity on March 27 to offer their input as to what direction Canada should be taking. More...

Korsten Jewellers is 50 years young

By DAN PELTON

For years, the market seers have been ringing the death chimes for the family retail store. First, they would not survive the mega malls springing up on the outskirts of town. More...

POOCH SMOOCH:

POOCH SMOOCH: The crème-de-la-creme of the Canadian canine set was on hand at the Orangeville Fairgrounds recently for the annual dog show. More...

Listeriosis bacteria warning posted

By DAN PELTON

Ontario’s Chief Officer of Health has warned the province’s consumers not to eat Siena Brand Prosciutto Cotto cooked ham because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. More...

Humber College Staff Stars to benefit the Orangeville Food Bank

After watching the winter Olympics in Vancouver, and being inspired by both Canada’s Men’s and Women’s Gold Medal Hockey Teams, the Humber College Staff Stars and their nemesis, the County of Dufferin Staff Stars, have decided it w More...

SENIORS IN THE CYBER AGE:

SENIORS IN THE CYBER AGE: The Town of Orangeville has started a program to introduce seniors to the basic workings of the computer and such tools as the internet. Town Hall was the gathering place for the first group of grads Tuesday. More...

Docherty convicted of manslaughter

The eight-woman, fourman jury in the Superior Court second-degree murder trial of Kenneth Allan Docherty has found him guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter. The sentencing phase will take place at 10 a.m. on April 12. More...

County buys Shelburne ambulance station

By WES KELLER

In a transition that began with provincial downloading in the year 2000, Dufferin County has purchased the last remaining hospital-owned ambulance station in the county – at Shelburne – for a price of about $75,000. More...

THE LUCK OF THE IRISH

THE LUCK OF THE IRISH was on the side of the residents at Lord Dufferin Centre Tuesday when they were treated to a performance of traditional Irish dance by the Woodgate Irish Dancers. More...

Cab driver arrested for impaired driving

Orangeville Police have arrested and charged a 44- year-old Orangeville taxicab driver with impaired driving following an incident March 8. More...

Stewart Gunn - Orangeville’s Olympic musician

Having come through with his own win at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Orangeville keyboardist and guitarist Stewart Gunn is ready to take his brand of psychedelic/ progressive rock to the stage of the Westminster Room at Rebekah Sushi this Saturday More...

Melancthon Township fills vacant seat

By WES KELLER

DarrenWhite will be sworn in as the new Melancthon councillor at tonight’s council meeting, following a public selection meeting Tuesday evening. More...

AWARD WINNER:

AWARD WINNER: Orangeville’s Hyde Whipp Heating & Air Conditioning has won American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning’s highest award, The Distinguished Dealer of the Year for 2009. More...

Elmer Iseler Singers coming to The Opera House

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY

“It has been too long since we last appeared in Orangeville,” Lydia Adams, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Elmer Iseler Singers commented in a telephone interview last week. She and Jessie Iseler, both live nearby, in Caledon. More...