December 15, 2011 RSS feed / Front Page

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Editorial

Wanted: more reality, less politicking

THERE’S A LOT TO BE SAID for having green energy policies, but it’s becoming patently obvious that they can become controversial for more ways than one. More...

Let’s have safer intersections

THE LATEST PERSONAL INJURY crash at the intersection of Airport and Hockley Roads ought to prompt a study of the need for traffic signals. More...

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Defending the abolition of the long-gun registry

In your editorial, "A timely anniversary" (8 December), you quoted a woman as saying that "there are going to be less (sic) controls on guns than on borrowing a library book," and you said that the Lepine weapon would no longer be restricted. More...

Scrooges rule still

In her column Dec. 8, Constance Scrafield-Danby bemoans possible cutbacks to arts funding. That’s her opinion and as a former soldier of the Canadian Army I defended her right to express her thoughts and will continue to do so. More...

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Sports

Minor Peewee AE Flyers on a hot streak

The Teen Ranch Minor Peewee AE Flyers had four games last week with the hopes of shaking out of a slump that had the- Flyers losing nine of their last ten games. More...

Local GMHL teams meet Friday

The Orangeville Americans won’t have to travel very far this weekend - their Friday road trip will be a short hop down Highway 10 to meet the Shelburne Redwings. More...

Forslund leading Flyers points total

Orangeville Flyers centre Blake Forslund is currently leading the squad in points for the season, but it’s a statistic he doesn’t think about too much. More...

Mono passes budget, sticks to expansion plan

Despite some spirited opposition from members of the public and within its own ranks, Mono council passed its 2012 municipal budget into law Tuesday night. More...

FESTIVE LIGHTS -

THANKS TO THE ORANGEVILLE OPTIMIST CLUB members, including (inset, l-r) Steve Catcher, Rob Strang and Ted Simmonds, KayCee Gardens is awash in festive lights. Christmas in the Park has returned for another year. Photos/DAN PELTON More...

Local News

Canivet carries shrapnel from Christmas 1941

Les Canivet, 90, of East Luther shall forever carry his “gifts” from a Christmas season 70 years ago: shrapnel in his jaw and a reconstructed shoulder, courtesy of the Japanese at Hong Kong in December 1941. More...

THE OWNER OF THE COUNTRY STYLE

on 336 Broadway (in the Petro canada gas station), Mohamed Mohamed (right,) presents Sandy Schauermann (left) with the gift basket she won as part of the grand reopening of the location. More...

Businesses protest BIA expansion plan

A proposal to expand the boundaries of Orangeville’s Business Improvement Area (BIA) sparked a mixture of confusion and protest at Monday’s town council meeting. More...

Columns

Attawapiskat? So what?

Cynicism allows one to wax intelligent on a topic without having to be accountable. Cynics hear one side of a debate, then the other, and dismiss both by caustically stating that it’s all bulls__ t. More...

Of sights, smells and bells . . .

Public parks are amongst my favourite places. In Orangeville, I have always enjoyed taking some of my children to Rotary Park. Our summer highlight was the free, hospitable, inclusive Salvation Army barbecue. More...

We should scrap the reserve system

I n 1972, I was in Nain, the northernmost community in Labrador, filing a series of stories on the appalling conditions of the natives there. More...