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July 29, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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Weekend shows Orangeville can take a ribbing

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter
When it comes to events planned for summer weekends in Dufferin County, a spiteful Mother Nature often decides to rain on the parade. More...

Local News

DCAFS wins Trillium grant

Dufferin Child and Family Services (DCAFS) is one of four groups in her riding that will be able to enhance their programs thanks to new Ontario Trillium Foundation grants announced by Sylvia Jones, MPP for Dufferin-Caledon. More...

60th anniversary fiddle contest nearing

The 60th anniversary Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship is just one week away! More...

Shelburne soccer player scouted in U.S.

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter Thanks in part to the understanding of Jon & Linn Thomson at Shelburne’s No Frills, it is within the realm of probability that you could be seeing a Shelburne name on one of the rosters at a future World Cup More...

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Re: Timely Service At Headwaters Health Care

Mr. MacKay’s experience with our health care system is now standard operating procedure and the norm. Comments by Mr. Boland, Hospital CEO, contain no information, only damage control spin. More...

Saddened by animal loss

I am a member of a social networking site called ClausNet, in which Tony is also. We all “heard” about the terrible loss to his remaining reindeer - his children - and are all saddened by it. More...

CTF head calls for Purolator privatization

The President of Canada Post, Moyra Green, is leaving to help new British Prime Minister David Cameron privatize the UK version of Canada Post Royal Mail. On the way out the door Ms. More...

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Mono wants county waste bylaw revisions

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Mono Council spent close to an hour Tuesday hammering out the revisions it would like to see in a proposed county bylaw that would have Dufferin assume authority for the establishment, operation and delivery of waste collection and treatment program More...

Safer intersection on hold – again

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has reneged on a promise to call tenders this month on a contract to improve a dangerous intersection on Orangeville’s northern outskirts. More...

WELCOME THE BROADWAY BULLIES:

WELCOME THE BROADWAY BULLIES: While they won’t have such names as Dave Schultz and Moose Dupont in their 2010-2011 line-up and won’t look to exactly mimic the style of the infamous Philadelphia Flyer “Broad Street Bullies” tea More...

Editorial

Giant Hogweed poses a menace

GIVEN ITS TOXIC PROPERTIES, it is beyond our understanding why Giant Hogweed should be marketed as an ornamental plant, much less why anyone should cultivate it. More...

Ruling shows need for property tax reform I

IF NOTHING ELSE, the ruling by Superior Court Justice Emile Kruzick confirming that an Orangeville sign firm’s property should be classified as commercial rather than industrial demonstrates the need for a complete overhaul of Ontario’s p More...

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Columns

Christian Perspectives

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
Rev. Gord Horsley

Nowadays Church and how we do it is changing; the way we did things 15 years ago is not the way we do things now. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville Donations for our August 7th Garage and Bake Sale can be dropped off at the Legion anytime after 2 pm. Pick a spot for your vehicle for $10. and display your sale items….. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Last troops returning from Riel Rebellion stopped in Shelburne

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 30, 1885 More...

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