August 12, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

They’re probing things that go bump in the night

On their time off, many folks tend to take in a movie, get together for dinner with friends or sack out in front of the television. More...

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Photo/DAN PELTON ORANGEVILLE MAYOR Rob Adams received Welcome Wagon’s Community of the Year Award for 2009 from lead representative Michelle Whyte in Council Chambers Monday. More...

Gas tax rebates to provide smoother rides

Federal gasoline tax rebates have funded a $150,000 project that will make Orangeville’s streets significantly smoother. The project currently under way by Bramptonbased Bonum Contracting Ltd. More...

Woman, 80, halts freight train

Following a bizarre incident that brought fully loaded freight train to a halt last week near Tottenham, CP Rail and the OPP are once again warning about the dangers of trespassing on railway tracks. More...

Doctors use telemedicine to ‘see’ patients

Headwaters Health Care Centre is promoting telemedicine as an alternative to traditional face-toface patient consultations, pre-operative clinics and specialist follow-up appointments. Vito Barbaro knows the many advantages of telemedicine. More...

Lost airborne camera equipment believed in area

If, by any chance, you were puttering about the house last Saturday and saw a small parachute carrying state-of-the-art camera equipment drop into your back yard, Jozef Winter would like to talk to you. More...

Court battle looms over wind turbines

Wind Concerns Ontario, a group opposed to all installations of wind turbines, is severely critical of both the Ontario Government and the wind industry generally in a news release supporting the right of a municipal council to oppose windfarm develo 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

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...

4-H Ontario to lower membership age

The Ontario 4-H Council Board of Directors has voted in favour of lowering the starting age of 4- H members to those who reach 9 years of age prior to January 1 of the year he or she applies to join. More...

Observations on a successful 60th fiddle contest

Shelburne doors opened to the world of fiddle music again last weekend to celebrate the 60th annual Canadian Championship Old Time Fiddlers Contest. More...

THE THRONE OF POWER (PLEDGE):

Photo/DAN PELTON THE THRONE OF POWER (PLEDGE): Orangeville Hydro conservation coordinator Pietra Velinor is offered a seat by Orangeville Deputy Mayor Warren Maycock, left, and Mayor Rob Adams during More...

Top engineering and science camp in Orangeville

Canada’s largest engineering and science camp is in Orangeville this week. More...

THE ORANGEVILLE SENIORS CENTRE

Photo/DAN PELTON THE ORANGEVILLE SENIORS CENTRE was the site of last weekend’s flower show where local horticulturalists and gardening enthusiasts showed the fruits of their efforts. More...

MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN:

Photo/DAN PELTON MAKING MIRACLES HAPPEN: Today, (Thursday) all proceeds from every Blizzard treat sold by Dairy Queen as part of Miracle Treat Day, will help sick and injured children in various hospi More...

TB investigated in North Wellington

Wellington-Dufferin- Guelph (WDG) Public Health is investigating an increase in number of active cases of TB (tuberculosis) in North Wellington. Active TB while uncommon, continues to be diagnosed in Ontario with 683 new cases diagnosed in 2007. More...

‘MONEY BAGS’:

Contributed Photo ‘MONEY BAGS’: A feature of Shelburne’s big Fiddle Parade Saturday afternoon was the People’s Credit Union float, dubbed “Money Bags.” Aboard, (lef More...