June 16, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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LIVE, RIGHT NOW!

The CBC showed up at the Market on Broadway Saturday as part of its Live Right Now, an initiative to have participants lose a pound through physical activity. More...

WCO accuses Liberals of suppressing data

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Wind Concerns Ontario has obtained what appears to be an internal Ministry of Environment memorandum confirming noise problems with the Melancthon wind farm, and is calling for a public inquiry. More...

Special Sections

Editorial

Why not try new ideas, incremental approach?

DALE DEL MASTRO and David Tilson have a lot in common. Both were easily re-elected last month as Conservative MPs for ridings on the edge of what is sometimes called the Toronto Commutertshed. More...

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Columns

Dipping Into the Past

Bylaw for debentures on fire engine debt., etc. approved by ratepayers

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 17, 1886 More...

Ontario matters

Dalton’s distractions (I)

Dalton McGuinty, as Ontario’s premier, has kept himself as a punctilious man in motion. More...

From the Global Classroom

History in the making

Multiculturalism: history in the making. That’s the name of the game in Canada. Traveling in other lands is an educational experience. When one visits Germany, the people you meet are German, born and brought up there, and speaking German. More...

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Regional News

Horning’s Mills enjoys Vice Regal visit for Heritage Day

By Wes Keller Columnist

Lieutenant Governor David Onley made what might have been an historic visit to Horning’s Mills to mark the hamlet’s first Heritage Day and, among other things, to unveil a sign marking the donation of a parkette by the local Miles family. More...

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Broadway property faces heritage, legal issues

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

With the fate of the property at 174-176 Broadway caught up in a legal quagmire, the vice chair of the Orangeville Heritage Committee appeared before Orangeville council Monday to remind it of its responsibilities toward the structure, which pre-date More...

Highway 10 intersection project poised to start

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

There may be good news on the horizon for residents of Mono’s Cedar Grove subdivision who have waited up to 30 years for a traffic light and turning lanes at the treacherous intersection of Highway 10 and Cedar Grove Road. More...

GROUND BREAKING:

Rayburn Construction is preparing the site for a new parking lot, sewer and other service connections for One Elizabeth Street, the new seniors’ residence being built by the owners of Lord Duff More...

Local News

MTO sidetracks Mono’s bid for safety signs

A bid by Mono council to see safety signage installed on an accidentprone stretch of Highway 10 has been sidetracked by the Ministry of Transportation’s Londonbased West Region. More...

License ruling hurts Legion fundraiser

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

A pre-summer chill and threatening skies greeted an unusually sparse crowd of motorcycle enthusiasts at the Orangeville Royal Canadian Legion’s ninth annual Show & Shine. More...

Manual workers to swelter in schools this summer

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

More than 200 custodial and maintenance personnel might be sweltering as they perform manual tasks this summer, while the few office employees remaining on duty in July and August will have the benefit of air conditioning in schools of Upper Grand Di More...

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Mailbox

The hidden lyme epidemic in Canada

I live in Ontario and I have Lyme disease. I contracted Lyme here. I was misdiagnosed for four year and I have chronic late stage Lyme. I am one of thousands of people who have this contracted disease in this country. This disease is like AIDS. More...

Broadway Intersection Repair

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to live in a war zone or beside a firing range? If you would like to experience an earth-shaking and deafening situation close to that, come to Downtown Orangeville at 6:00 a.m. More...

Thanks offered for contributions

I would like to thank the many people who contributed to the success of a “pilot” Walk’N Learn program which was a collaboration between the Mayor’s Seniors Advisory Committee and the Parks & Recreation Department of the T More...

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Sports

Junior A Northmen win six in a row

By BRIAN LOCKHART Sports Editor

A 9-8 win over the Akwesasne Indians on Sunday, June 12, gave the Orangeville Junior A Northmen their sixth win in a row after starting a streak for June that began with a 14- 1 win over Mississauga on June 1. More...

Northmen Peewees clinch consolation title

The Heritage Dental Peewee 2 Northmen travelled to Arthur for a tournament on the weekend (June 11-12) and left with the consolation championship. More...

Outlaws JVs on the gridiron Sunday

The Orangeville Outlaws Junior Varsity team defeated the Rexdale Raiders 27-8 on Saturday, June 11, at Centennial stadium in Etobicoke. Nathan Small led the offence with two touchdowns on the ground. More...

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