April 22, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

Interim mental health report released

Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says an interim report by an Ontario Select Committee on Mental Health and Addictions confirms a need to reform the current health care system. More...

IPRO REALTY GIVEAWAYS:

IPRO REALTY GIVEAWAYS: Realtor Cindy Williams prepares to hand Melanie Myers an iPod, won at a Home Show draw. More...

BABY TREE FOREST:

BABY TREE FOREST: Orangeville Councillor Sylvia Bradley dedicated the second annual Baby Tree Forest to 10 babies born in 2009. More...

Council said a relative bargain in 2009

Orangeville Treasurer Bill McKennan has released a statement, as required by the Ontario Municipal Act, that itemizes remuneration and expenses paid to each member of Town Council in 2009. More...

Volunteers always appreciated at Ontario SPCA

The week of April 18th may be National Volunteer Week, however volunteers are appreciated and cherished every week at the Ontario SPCA Orangeville & District Branch. More...

Trout season starts Saturday

This part of Ontario is considered by many to be the best in the province for trout fishing and this Saturday marks the beginning of the 2010 trout season. More...

Bell FTP’s new partner in prevention

Bell Canada is Family Transition Place’s new Partner in Prevention. Family Transition Place (FTP) will formally announce its first Violence Prevention sponsorship for the 2010-11 school year tomorrow (Friday).. More...

60th fiddle fest gearing up for Aug 4-8

The 60th Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship will take place August 4 - 8 in Shelburne, featuring Canada’s top fiddlers in competition for more than $17,000 in prizes. More...

Earth Day Improv Night coming tonight

The Dufferin-Caledon Greens, in co-operation with the Mayfield Secondary School, Robert F. More...

Turbine foes heading to Queen’s Park next Wednesday

Representatives of the Oppose Belwood Wind Farm Action Group (OBWF) and other opponents of wind farm construction will converge on Queens Park next Wednesday to rally against the Green Energy Act and “the destruction of quality of life through More...

Docherty re-elects on financial charges

Kenneth Allan Docherty has elected to have charges of theft, fraud and uttering a forged document heard in Superior Court rather than in Ontario Court, as he had previously elected. More...

LIGHTS, CAMERA...

LIGHTS, CAMERA...Orangeville has taken on the guise of Hollywood North this week with the filming of Man on the Train, a movie starring Donald Sutherland. More...

Blackstock Ford celebrates 20 years

To say that Jim Carson is a Ford fan would be putting it mildly. More...

Labour Council to mark day of mourning

Next Wednesday, the Orangeville & District Labour Council will hold a ceremony at the Orangeville town hall aimed at drawing the public’s attention to workplace deaths and injuries in Ontario. More...

Tipling Hall getting an upgrade

There’ll soon be wheelchair access to the stage at Shelburne’s Grace Tipling Hall, thanks to a Trillium grant along with other commitments. More...

JOURNEY OF 100 MILES

JOURNEY OF 100 MILES starts with a single stationary bike. A local group called the Spin Sisters will be at the Orangeville Women’s Fitness Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More...

Orangeville to have its first Relay for Life

Lynn Lowe and Sherry Teeter have taken it upon themselves to bring Orangeville its very first Relay for Life this summer. The relay is an event created to remember, celebrate and raise money to find a cure for cancer. More...

‘Stride For Life’ coming to Island Lake P.S.

Island Lake Public School is gearing up for its third annual “Stride for Life” one-kilometre Fun Run/Walk and 5K Trail Run on May 15. More...

OBSERVING 72 YEARS:

OBSERVING 72 YEARS: Isobel and Roy Baker display flowers they received last week as they quietly celebrated 72 years of wedded bliss. Mr. More...