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YOU SHOULD’VE SEEN THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY:

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Editorial

User fees: all too often they’re taxes in disguise

BEWARE OF POLITICIANS who promise no tax increases, particularly at times when government revenues are falling far short of covering expenditures. More...

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An environmental assessment is needed

BECAUSE OF A FLAW or intentional omission in Ontario’s Aggregate Resources Act and in the Provincial Policy Statement, a Town of Innisfil motion that calls for a full Environmental Assessment (EA) of the proposed megaquarry in Melancthon has li More...

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Ontario Matters

Congratulations to Columnist Rob Bredin for his insights, particularly (30 June) the McGuinty solution to car deaths of rich families’ sons. More...

Don’t rule out the cost impact of electricity

In the last year, most of us have seen prices for food rising. Some products have gone up as much as 35%. In my area Milk was $3.99 last year, this year it is 4.47. A 10 pound bag of Potatoes could be purchased for $1.99 now cost $3.99. More...

Seniors, all swimmers ‘deserve more consideration’

The following letter to Patrick D’Almada, Orangeville’s Director of Parks and Rec was submitted for publication. Welcome Patrick to Orangeville, and your new job as Director of Parks and Recreation. More...

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Regional News

Second ribfest set for Alder Street fields

By DAN PELTON Staff reporter

When local mouths start watering to the point where they could likely saturate the back 40, it means only one thing: the ribs are a-coming. More...

Amaranth farmer’s market open for business

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Ever faced the dilemma, during the week, of hankering for local farm-fresh produce, but found you had to wait until the weekend to buy it? More...

CORRECTION

Last week’s Hurontarian article on Darryl Rutledge said his grandfather (Ted) served as police chief in Mississauga for 35 years. More...

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Shelburne on long list of mega-quarry opponents

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Town of Shelburne has joined a host of other municipalities in opposition to approval being given to the Melancthon mega-quarry application without some serious soul-searching. More...

Island Lake beach, Tony Rose pool both closed

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

The first two weeks of July have seen area residents with only one place to swim during what is looking to be a long, hot summer. More...

Local News

Park charges challenged at council meeting

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

Developers, who want to build a 117-unit retirement residence on First Street, made a pitch to Orangeville council Monday night to have their building charges cut by almost 50 per cent. More...

BIA concerned about potential addict clinics

Orangeville’s Business Improvement Area (BIA) has written town council seeking regulatory measures that would ban methadone clinics and any other drug addiction treatment clinics or safe injection sites in the town’s downtown core. More...

OPP targeting distracted drivers

Ask Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Commissioner Chris Lewis what causes him great concern on Ontario roads and highways these days and he will say it is the number of distracted drivers talking or texting on cell phones. More...

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Columns

With Your Permission

How to pay a fair wage

The businessmen, the bankers and, even, most of the politicians were sitting about a huge table in a meeting. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Whitfield was scene of a ‘Glorious Twelfth’ celebration in 1886

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1886 More...

Our World Today

Murdoch’s troika

The troika hurtles across the frozen plain. The wolves are close behind, and from time to time a peasant is hurled from the sleigh in the hope of letting the more important people escape. More...

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Sports

Athletic win over Thornhill

The Orangeville Athletic division one women’s team now has a 4-4-2 record for the season after delivering a 4-1 win over the Thornhill Rebels at Rotary Park in Orangeville on Sunday, July 10. More...

Life at 225 MHP

From zero to 100 in 1.2 seconds
By BRIAN LOCKHART Sports Editor

“You experience five G’s at the start and sustain three G’s for the whole pass,” explains Mike Hinbest of what it’s like to be in the cockpit of a top dragster class machine that is powered by a 2400 horsepower, methanol More...

Former Northmen Ryan Sanderson

Former Junior A Northmen player passed away suddenly in Orangeville on Thur,, July 7. Former Orangeville Northmen Junior A player Ryan Sanderson passed away in Orangeville on Thursday, July 7. More...

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