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August 12, 2010 RSS feed / Front Page

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A MARRIAGE OF CANCER AND A CURE

Photo/JIM WADDINGTON A MARRIAGE OF CANCER AND A CURE was on the minds of those who attended a special Buck ‘n Doe at the Tony Rose complex Saturday. More...

Local News

Tough rehab ahead for local youngster

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

He is wearing casts on both legs that stretch to his hips and have a bar connecting them. Once those come off in six weeks, he has two to four years of rehabilitation therapy to look forward to. More...

LHIN report shows need for change: Jones

Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones says findings in a report released by Ontario Ombudsman, André Marin confirm that the LHIN (Local Health Integration Network) layer of bureaucracy is not serving Ontario families. More...

Amaranth OP bans new peat mining sites

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Ontario Municipal Board has set out stringent conditions for continuation of peat mining in Amaranth, thereby overcoming the only objection to the township’s most recent Official Plan and possibly resolving longstanding extraction problems More...

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Car safety for your pet - prevent heartache

Most pet owners know not to leave their pets unattended in their vehicles in the hot weather. It can take only minutes for the temperatures inside a car to rise to unbearable levels that can cause permanent damage an even death for your pets. More...

McGuinty The Worst Premier Ever

Wake-up taxpayers, and fire Premier McGuinty. We need to be at the table when policies that affect us and our society are developed, prioritized, debated, and implemented. Were you consulted when; he introduced the health tax? More...

Change for the sake of change ill advised

“Change”, because we all know that the only constant in life is “Change”, just for the sake of “Change”, is ill advised. More...

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Sports

NDBL playoffs under way

The North Dufferin Baseball League has started the playoffs with eight teams from two divisions battling it out on the diamond. The Mansfield Cubs are done for the year after ending the season in the basement of the West Division. More...

Franjic ready for pro debut

Losing by a decision in the gold medal round of this year’s nationals in February was a turning point in Steve Franjic’s boxing career. More...

Bengals win junior division title in double elimination

The Orangeville Bengals captured the North Dufferin Baseball League junior division championship on Sunday winning the title in a two-day double elimination tournament in Bolton. More...

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Council divided over apartment proposal

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Orangeville council continues to be divided in its opinion of a proposed apartment building on Broadway, west of Dawson Road, despite plan changes from the developer, Stone Ridge Holdings. More...

Fitzgerald 3rd female fiddle champ in 60 years

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

From her second-place finish in the 18-and-under class in 2006, Julie Fitzgerald of Bancroft has become only the third female fiddler to capture first-place in the 60-year history of Shelburne Rotary’s Canadian Open Championship Old Time Fiddl More...

THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION

Photo/DAN PELTON THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), along with the Lions Club, staged a low vision clinic Tuesday at the Orangeville Seniors Centre. More...

Editorial

A few ways that we can improve highway safety U

UNFORTUNATELY, not everyone who preaches highway safety does a good job practising it. More...

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Second Strada gravel pit proposed

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Strada Aggregates Inc. has made application for approval of an abovewater table aggregate extraction site to the south of its almost depleted Shelburne Pit in Melancthon Township. More...

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Columns

Famous local tenor explains why opera is essential

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

The Opera House in Orangeville is full of students waiting for Mark DuBois to tell them why they should like opera. The lights go out and a spotlight brings Mr. DuBois on to the stage. The students all clap, politely. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Special trains, boat carried passengers to Owen Sound, Wiarton

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 13, 1885 More...

Queen’s Park

Premier slow to see a need to slow down

Premier Dalton McGuinty has let flattery by news media go to his head and failed to recognize that there are times when government needs to slow down. More...

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Regional News

Rockers successfully defend their oldtimers title

The Dufferin-Simcoe Rockers successfully defended their Canadian National Oldtimers Baseball Championship title after going without a loss during this year’s tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia over the July 30, weekend. More...

Fiddleville – 60 years old and still going strong!

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Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville

On Sunday, August 15th Branch 233 will host its 15th Annual Veterans Picnic. Registered Veterans will receive a complimentary Chicken Barbeque meal and a gift. For non-Veterans, the cost of the meal is $6.00. More...

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