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May 6, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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IS IT SERIOUS DOC?

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UG board brings environmental education alive for students

By LINDSEY PAPP Co-op Reporter

The Environmental Learning Centre at Island Lake Public School in Orangeville is a combination of old and new technology dedicated to teaching students environmental stewardship. More...

Local News

Curator’s tour will demystify antiques

Wayne Townsend, Curator of the Dufferin County Museum and Archives, will be on hand at each of the libraries in Dufferin in May to demystify the history and mystery of antiques. More...

Pharmacists feel threatened by McGuinty’s Bill 16

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Local pharmacies are joining with others across the province to express their concerns regarding Bill 16, an omnibus provincial health care bill which aims, among other things, to make the operation of Ontario’s health care system more transpa More...

MUSIC MONDAY:

MUSIC MONDAY: Music Monday is an event public schools across Canada observe annually to celebrate the importance of music and arts education in our schools. More...

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Mailbox

Bill would deregulate private mail firms

Did you know that the Conservative minority government is smuggling certain controversial measures into its upcoming federal budget Bill C-9? More...

MS Walk committee would like to give thanks

The Committee for the MS Walk, held in Orangeville on April 18, would like to thank the many people who made this day a success. John Lockyer hosted the kick-off event at Dairy Queen. More...

Are MPPs protecting bureaucratic jobs?

Bureaucrats at the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) developed locking in procedures, including a 15 page instruction booklet and a 20 page application booklet containing 8 different ways for an Ontario Senior to ask for access to thei More...

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Sports

Northmen B show new toughness

By MIKE MALONEY Sports Editor

After a rocky start to their season in game one, the MacMaster Pontiac Buick GMC Northmen are starting to shape up nicely and showing signs of possibly being strong playoff contenders in 2010. More...

ODSS Girls

ODSS Girls are still looking for that elusive first season win after coming up on the short side of a 2-0 decision against Bishop MacDonnell in District 10 Senior Girls soccer action at home on Tuesda More...

Twisters ‘Think Pink’ hosts

Orangeville Twisters Gymnastics and Trampoline Club welcomed over 400 athletes from across Central Ontario this past weekend as they hosted their annual "Think Pink" Spring Fling gymnastics competition. More...

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LDC’s Rees wins Winchell award

In recognition of his many contributions to society, an Orangeville resident has won an award as Ontario’s outstanding seniors’ home resident of 2010. More...

CDC seeks common ground on garbage

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Shelburne council is conditionally committed to sending the town’s household solid waste to the proposed gasification facility at Dufferin EcoEnergy Park (DEEP), but it’s difficult to know whether the council would favour a total takeover More...

MCHAPPY DAY:

MCHAPPY DAY: On Wednesday, $1 from the sale of every McMuffin, Happy Meal and Big Mac was donated to the new Ronald McDonald House in Toronto, which will be the largest Ronald McDonald house in the wo More...

Editorial

Provincial Liberal, Tory policies both wrong

AS WE SEE IT, there are serious problems with the ‘hydro’ policies of Ontario’s two main political parties, the McGuinty Liberals and the Hudak Conservatives. More...

Political Cartoon

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Getting hosed at the pumps, again

NO DOUBT SPECULATORS and the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are playing key roles in the skyrocketing price of crude oil and the soaring of retail gasoline prices locally to above $1 a litre. More...

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Columns

Museum Matters

A Day in the Life
By Cosette Pathak Museum Volunteer

The newest exhibition at the Dufferin County Museum and Archives, running all this year, chronicles the daily lives of ordinary and extraordinary citizens from Dufferin’s history. More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Life in a crowd The average Canadian can’t image what it would be like to live in a city of 18 million people and in a country of 1,300 million. That is the case in Shanghai and mainland China. More...

National Affairs

Is it really a threat to women’s equality?
Claire Hoy

Just because everybody is cheering doesn’t always mean it’s the right thing to do. More...

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Regional News

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Come out and join us every Wednesday for Euchre. Starting at 7:30pm. Cost $10.00 all money given back in prizes and everyone welcome to come out. On Friday, May 7 we will be having Strawberry dinner. More...

DUFFERIN AREA Church Directory

Church Directory ST. MARK’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 5 FIRST AVENUE, ORANGEVILLE 519-941-0640 FIND OUT MORE AT www.saintmark.ca WE INVITE YOU TO WORSHIP WITH US! 8:30 a.m. Traditional Service 10 a.m. Contemporary Service with Hymns More...

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