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July 29, 2010  RSS feed

Weekend shows Orangeville can take a ribbing
When it comes to events planned for summer weekends in Dufferin County, a spiteful Mother Nature often decides to rain on the parade. Last weekend’s inaugural Orangeville Ribfest at the Alder Recreation Centre was no exception, but the frequent downpours on Saturday failed to dissuade folks showing up for the ribs and festivities. More...
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 programs within the county. 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” teams of the 1970s, the Ontario Junior Hockey League Orangeville Crushers will take to the ice as the Orangeville Flyers this season. 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
• article has image Shelburne soccer player scouted in U.S.
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 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. Our understanding is that not everyone is sensitive to the sap, in the same way that not everyone is sensitive to poison ivy and poison oak. But the majority are. More...
• Ruling shows need for property tax reform I
• article has image Political Cartoon
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 Columns
• article has image Christian Perspectives
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
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. The programs have changed to reach and keep up with the fast pace that we live today, to keep people stimulated, interested, emotional charged. More...
• Royal Canadian Legion News
• Dipping Into the Past
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 Mailbox
• 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
• CTF head calls for Purolator privatization
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