September 9, 2010 RSS feed / Local News

Graffiti ‘artists’ vandalize new Explorer coach

A fourth passenger coach for the Credit Valley Explorer arrived in Orangeville Tuesday as the operator of Southern Ontario’s Most Scenic Rail Tour was gearing up for the popular fall colour tours. More...

RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT

RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT – Diane Warriner received an award from the CNE Softball Committee during a ceremony on the baseball diamond at the CNE fairgrounds. More...

$50 activity credit draws local scorn

The provincial government’s tax credit for parents who pay for their children’s extra-curricular activities appears to have gone over like the proverbial lead balloon with Orangeville residents. More...

‘Leighton Farm Project” coming to Museum

The Dufferin County Museum and Archives is about to present “The Leighton Farm Project”, a unique art exhibit by Creemore-area artist Peter Adams. More...

Amaranth had a birth on the go

How often in the past century or so has a nurse delivered a baby on the shoulder of Amaranth’s 20 Sideroad, let alone a registered practical nurse from England? Probably never, until 3:20 a.m. More...

PROM DRESS RENEWED

Contributed Photo PROM DRESS RENEWED: “Little Sister” Cami is shown on her Grade 8 graduation day last June wearing the prom dress worn by her Big Sister at her Prom dance in 1987. More...

Hiker critically injured in fall from park cliff

Last Thursday, shortly after 3 p.m., Orangeville Fire Department, Cambridge Ambulance and Dufferin OPP were dispatched to a 911 call in Mono Cliffs Provincial Park concerning a 34- year-old woman who fell off a 50-foot cliff while she was was off-tr More...

TRYING HER HAND:

Photo/BILL REA TRYING HER HAND: Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones was trying her hand at plowing at the Peel- Dufferin Plowing Match, after getting some pointers from Tim Boughen of Bolton. More...

No mayoralty race likely in two towns

With Friday’s deadline for filing nominations fast approaching, the only town in Dufferin with a mayoralty race was Mono, where incumbent Mayor Lorie Haddock faces a challenge from councillor Laura Ryan. More...

UG education director outlined her objectives

At its regular monthly meeting, held Tuesday in Guelph, the Upper Grand District School Board heard Education Director Martha Rogers outline her objectives for the 2010-11 school year. More...

Trustee candidate Hertel wants a local separate school

Klaus Hertel sees serious deficiencies in Catholic education in Shelburne, and has decided to try to address things from the board table. More...

SLANDVIEW COMMUNITY GARDENS

A15 ISLANDVIEW COMMUNITY GARDENS donated 55 pounds of red potatoes, 62 pounds of tomatoes and 50 pounds of corn on the cob to the Orangeville Food Bank. More...

Dufferin paramedics create hope for hundreds

Dufferin County Ambulance Service took top place in the 2010 National EMS Stem Cell challenge drive to recruit healthy Canadians to register with Canadian Blood Services’ OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network for unrelated donors. More...

THEATRE ORANGEVILLE ACADEMY

THEATRE ORANGEVILLE ACADEMY youth program co-ordinator Rebecca Urion was among those participating in Central Registration Tuesday at the Alder Recreation Complex in Orangeville. More...

BORN ON THE RUN:

Lucy Summers holds Katie, who was born in a car by an Amaranth roadside at 3:20 a.m. Aug. 27, as proud mama Kelly Horne looks on. More...

Long lineups at new government outlet

Since August 30, the provincial land registry, driver’s license renewal facility and health card station have been operating under one roof at 41 Broadway and is getting mixed reviews. More...

Forum to explore future of Grand watershed

The future of the Grand River watershed will be examined from a variety of viewpoints at the 10th annual Grand River Watershed Water Forum on Friday, September 17. More...

Mono preparing for ‘Big Day Out’

Saturday, September 18 is being billed as Mono’s Big Day Out, and it appears that that is exactly what it will be. More...