September 29, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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A TASTE OF TINSELTOWN:

The street closures, traffic headaches and excitement that accompany film shoots were visited on Orangeville Tuesday. More...

HONDA RUNNERS:

All 17 runners from the Orangeville Honda team crossed the finish line for the Sears Great Canadian Run to Cure Kids Cancers last weekend. More...

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Editorial

Oil sands pipeline project has both pros and cons

A LTHOUGH THE MAIN FOCUS of the demonstrations on Parliament Hill this week was the perceived long-term environmental damage caused by expansion of the Alberta oil sands projects that would follow construction of a new pipeline down to the Gulf of Me More...

Local control or share of benefits?

SHOULD LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES in Ontario have a say in the location of wind turbines? The easy answer is “Yes.” But if that’s followed by another question, “Why not?”, the answer might lead to a change of heart. More...

Political Cartoon

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Mailbox

Thoughts, observations and questions re election

I have now attended three all-candidates debates in Shelburne, Orangeville and Bolton. I have never been interested in politics but the specter of the mega-quarry has galvanized me into action. More...

9/11 and The Quarry

It was just ten years ago that the U.S.A. came under attack by terrorists and 9/11 changed the way in which the world functions for the foreseeable future. More...

Places to Grow editorial

Your editorial comments (22 September) on growth are justified. County “Places to Grow,” however, are fewer than than you think. More...

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Sports

Novice AE Flyers start season one shy of a shut-out

Orangeville’s Novice AE Flyers were ‘in it to win’ this past Sat., Sept. 24, when they traveled to the team’s season opener in Woolwich, where they beat the Wildcats 11-1. More...

Orangeville Storm U15 boys win regional title

The under 15 Orangeville boys soccer team sponsored by Orangeville Truck Centre capped off a strong season by winning the South West Region Soccer League Cup Final on Saturday, September 17, in Stratford. More...

Orangeville Flyers Home Games

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D-C candidates weigh in on wind turbines

By DAN PELTON & WES KELLER

With the provincial election a week away, the four candidates in Dufferin-Caledon have put forward the their and their parties’ opinions on the subject of the growing number of wind turbines in the riding. More...

Murder victim’s sister, realtor deny home buyer’s allegations

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

The sister of murder victim Sonia Varaschin and a member of the real estate firm involved in the abortive sale of Sonia’s home have both denied allegations that they tried to conceal the fact that it was a murder scene. More...

Town extends benefits to employees over 65

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

At its meeting Monday night, Orangeville council tackled an issue that is becoming more commonplace since mandatory retirement was abolished in Ontario in 2005 – the issue of benefits for employees over the age of 65. More...

Local News

THE HOCKLEY VALLEY RESORT

was the site of a retreat over the weekend. More...

They don’t just live in your bed

True or false? More...

Culture Days proclaimed in Orangeville

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Orangeville Mayor Rob Adams was joined by representatives of Theatre Orangeville, Headwaters Arts and The Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival Wednesday to sign a proclamation for Culture Days, from Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 2, in the to More...

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Columns

Dipping Into the Past

Reeve, editor at odds over plans to welcome two Irish ‘loyalists’

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 30, 1886 More...

Geoengineering takes off

Scientists working on various concepts for “geoengineering” the climate are almost comically eager to stress that they are not trying to come up with a substitute for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, the main cause of man-made global wa More...

Re-reinventing the food business

There is a new world ahead in food production and marketing. We aren’t exactly seeing creation of anything new as much as moving back to the beginning, reinventing the wheel. More...

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Regional News

CDDHS gearing up for Battlefields tour

By Alexis Lyver and Alexandra Heck

For many, the month of November is a bleak, chilly time with nothing to look forward to but the upcoming holidays in December. More...

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