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TRILLIUM GRANT

- Theatre Orangeville has been awarded an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) $77,000 grant to promote a healthy arts community in Dufferin. More...

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KYLE CHARRON came away as champion at the 61st edition of the Canadian Open Old Time Fiddle Championship held over the weekend in Shelburne. More...

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Editorial

Today, some things simply defy explanation

A FEW DAYS AGO, the Canadian dollar was worth about 106 U.S. cents and we were reading about how it was likely to soar further, perhaps to $1.10 US. More...

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Unity among the local politicians?

I T’S NOT TOO OFTEN that you witness a consensus develop among politicians of every stripe, yet that seems to be the case when the subject is the proposed Melancthon mega-quarry, which as a result won’t seemingly be much of a combative is More...

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McGuinty’s ‘vampire economy’

The scenic natural beauty of this province should be treasured. It should never be for sale. No one should be allowed to destroy it for any reason. We have a duty to ensure we protect it for generations to come. More...

Meetings not attended

I read Clair Hoy’s recent column on the Toronto City budget process and discovered that he wrote a piece on meetings he did not attend. More...

Crumbling infrastructure

Recent events in Montreal have put a spotlight on the costs of crumbling infrastructure to Canada’s quality of life and economy, and the need for all orders of government to work toward a lasting solution. More...

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Sports

Northmen on the ropes - but still standing

By BRIAN LOCKHART Sports Editor

Series now 3-1 for Whitby Being down three games in a best of seven series is always a tough position to be in. More...

NDBL Playoffs

Three series remain in first fround playoffs. The first week of playoffs in the North Dufferin Baseball League is complete, with two senior teams and one junior team advancing to the second round. More...

Men’s team win medal in national tournament

The Orangeville Men’s Slopitch League sent a select team of over 50 year olds, appropriately named “Aged to Perfection”, to the recent National Slo Pitch Championship held over the long August weekend in St. John’s, NF. More...

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County Council may await township’s quarry EA request

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Dufferin’s Public Works Committee is recommending that the county await a request from Melancthon Township before asking for an Environmental Assessment of the proposed mega-quarry, and conservation authorities are reporting a positive meeting More...

Barrie contestant wins fiddle contest

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

Kyle Charron of Barrie came away from last weekend’s Canadian Open Old Time Championship Fiddle contest with the $1,500 Shelburne Kinette award and the huge Laurie McGraw Town of Shelburne print for fiddling his way to the championship for the More...

Local News

Orangeville locals test endurance for Oxfam

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Sixteen ladies from the Orangeville area participated in this year’s Oxfam Trailwalker Canada 2011, a fundraising challenge for hikers, walkers and runners who travel 100 kilometres between Barrie and Orillia along the Ganaraska Trail in under More...

Monora Park event aims to aid brain injury victims

The second annual Acquired Brain Injury Public Awareness Event will be taking place Aug. 19 at Monora Park. More...

‘BECAUSE I AM A GIRL’:

Jennifer Nghiem (left) and Joanna Ayippey (right) were on Broadway last week looking for pledges for Plan International’s Because I am a Girl campaign. More...

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Columns

In my Opinion

Entrenched in the ‘silly season’

A s we move into the provincial election campaign, or “silly season” as I sometimes think of it, I am sometimes asked where I stand as a journalist on the mega-quarry issue in Melancthon. More...

Ontario matters

Harris’s well of sorrows

Last week, Claire Hoy wrote that former Premier Mike Harris “didn’t fall into (the) trap” of spending, or rather overspending, either to be popular or to win votes in Ontario. More...

From the Global Classroom

When will we ever learn?

Who remembers the massive west coast oil spill on March 24, 1989, when the Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California, struck Prince William Sound’s Bligh Reef and spilled 260,000 to 750,000 barrels (41,000 to 119,000 cubic me More...

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Community Events

The tradition continues: Scenes from the annual Shelburne Fiddle Festival

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Special theatre performance aids Bruce Trail

The Caledon Hills Bruce Trail Club will be hosting a performance of the enjoyable romantic comedy Coming Apart at 8 p.m. next Thursday, August 18, at Century Church Theatre in Hillsburgh. More...

AFGHAN VETERANS APPRECIATION DAY

was proclaimed for August 14 last week at the RCL Branch 233. More...

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