April 15, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

Town moves to maintain rail trail funds

Town of Orangeville staff has come up with other ways $220,000 in government grants for a Rails with Trails (RWT) project killed by town council might be preserved. More...

Headwaters oncology nurses recognized

Tuesday, April 6, marked the third annual Oncology Nursing Day recognized by the Toronto Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) Ontario Region. More...

PUT ME IN, COACH:

PUT ME IN, COACH: April 17-25 is Coaches Week in Orangeville. In conjunction with Ontario Coaches Week, which has a goal to help bring quality sport programs to thousands of children by inspiring more Ontarians to take up coaching. More...

Charges laid in double fatality

Dufferin OPP have laid charges in connection with a double fatality on Highway 10 last November. On the evening of Nov. More...

NDACT sees hope in Flamborough decision

After almost six years, Ontario minister of municipal affairs and housing, Jim Bradley, this week ordered a halt to zoning changes for a St. Mary’s Cement proposal to establish a 154-acre quarry site in Flamborough Township. More...

1837 Rebellion prisoners’ boxes at Museum

The Dufferin County Museum and Archives will present a series of Saturday afternoon talks beginning with “From Hands Now Striving to Be Free,” featuring prisoners’ boxes from the 1837 Rebellion. More...

Dufferin Museum again at Queen’s Park

Dufferin County Museum and Archives (DCMA) has once again become a part of the Community Exhibits program at Queen’s Park. More...

Traffic stop yields theft-ring suspects

A routine traffic stop by Orangeville police on Monday night has resulted in the arrest of three people suspected of involvement in a theft ring operating in several southern Ontario communities. More...

ORANGEVILLE POLICE

ORANGEVILLE POLICE uncovered a cache of allegedly stolen goods earlier this week when they pulled over a Chevy Silverado pickup truck for a speeding infraction. More...

Businesses team up to for Weekend to End Women’s Cancer

Mike Lockey from Mark’s Work Wearhouse in Orangeville is teaming up with Geoff and Faye Del Grande, owners of Access Fitness, to raise funds for the Weekend Walk to End Women’s Cancer in September. More...

Victim of Crime Awareness week

Caledon/Dufferin Victim Services (CDVS) will be promoting National Victims of Crime Awareness Week in the Town of Caledon and Dufferin County next week. More...

Docherty manslaughter sentencing delayed

Superior Court Justice Bonnie Wein has set April 26 as a date on which Kenneth Allan Docherty will learn when he is to be sentenced for the manslaughter of Jason Weber of Kleinburg on May 29, 2008. More...

THE PHOTO ARTISTRY

THE PHOTO ARTISTRY of Jim Waddington (shown here with one of his landscape photos) and Julie Thurgood will be on sale and display at Aardvark Music & Culture, 169 Broadway, until June 30. For more information, call 519-217-7160. More...

Blues, Jazz Festival wins Ontario Tourism and Culture grant

The organizers of the 2010 Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival have announced that they will receive a $38,100 grant from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture. More...

Humber students walk for clean water worldwide

Students in the business communications class at the Orangeville Humber College are having a walka thon this Sunday, April 18 to raise money for the charity: water foundation, a not-for-profit organization that brings clean, safe drinking water to More...

We’re warming up to the weather

Normally, April in this part of Ontario sees snow still covering the ground, with high temperatures averaging about 10 degrees Celsius. More...

HAIR’S TO YOU:

HAIR’S TO YOU: Adele’s Hair Salon had its grand opening Sunday at its location in the Shoppers Drug Mart mall at Broadway and C-Line. More...

Orangeville BIA director Bayley resigns

The Orangeville business community will bid farewell to one of its more ebullient and enthusiastic members April 23 when Jacqueline Bayley officially resigns as executive director of the Business Improvement Area (BIA). Ms. More...