July 14, 2011 RSS feed / Local News

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Group celebrates quarry fight Sunday

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter
There’ll be a celebration and a bit of drinking going on in Orangeville’s Alexandra Park this Sunday afternoon, July 17, but the glasses that are raised will contain only Adam’s Ale – pristine water from Melancthon Township. 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...

A TOUCH OF CLASS

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Ontario Greens say D-C their top provincial riding

Ontario’s Green Party says Dufferin-Caledon “has emerged with a fantastic chance for Greens to elect an MPP in the October 6th provincial election.” More...

CHARITY FUNDRAISER:

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Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville Our next outdoor event is our Annual Veterans’ Appreciation Day on Sunday, August 14th. Barbeque and refreshment booth open at 12 Noon. More...

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...

C. difficile outbreak at Headwaters not fatal

As the death toll linked to outbreaks of the C. difficile bacteria in Ontario hospitals rose to 20 this week, Headwaters Health Care Centre let it be known that it has been battling an outbreak of the “superbug” since June 7. More...

D-P school board announces top 2010-11 scholars

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board is has announced its top scholars for the 2010-11 school year. More...

‘SEUSSICAL’ CAST:

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T.O.’s Young Company doing ‘Seussical’

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD Columnist

The young performers who will be presenting “Seussical” on the Theatre Orangeville stage next weekend (July 22, 23, and 24), rehearsed all day last Friday and had been working on the musical for a full 40-hour week, to the point where the More...