February 23, 2012 RSS feed / Front Page

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GUILTY AS CHARGED:

The 2012 One Book One County event kicked off Tuesday night at the Orangeville Public Library’s Mill Street location. More...

Riddell retirement project back on track

By DAN PELTON Staff Reporter

A proposed retirement apartment complex in Orangeville that was slated to be built four years ago but has yet to break ground has been taken on by a new company that plans to start construction in the late spring. MTCO Development Group Inc. More...

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Columns

Next: a close look at the revenue side

THE DRASTIC RECOMMENDATIONS of economist Don Drummond, if implemented, may or may not succeed in producing a balanced Ontario budget by the government’s 2017-18 fiscal year. More...

‘You have to feed the cow to get milk’

Sums of money that you and I could never count or imagine, in a very real sense, are being shifted about the world a lot now and over these last few years. There has been money to bail out banks (unbelievable) and large corporations and governments. More...

A corroding, violent culture – III

There has been considerable discussion recently about restoring the death penalty. Overall, it would be a considerable mistake. More...

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Regional News

Tempting Providence: meet the cast of characters

By Constance Scrafield Columnist

Next month, Deidre Gillard-Rowlings will give her 500th performance as Nurse Myra Bennett in Tempting Providence. More...

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Breaking News - 2/27/2012 10:25 AM

Human remains found in Caledon

Human remains were discovered Wednesday on a rural property near Caledon Village, according to a report from the Ontario Provincial Police. The discovery was made by the property owners. More...

Breaking News - 2/23/2012 6:34 PM

LHIN approves hospital transfer to County

As had been expected, the board of directors of Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) Wednesday evening approved transferring ownership of the former Shelburne District Hospital to the County of Dufferin for a token payment of one doll More...

LHIN approval of former hospital’s transfer expected

By WES KELLER Freelance Reporter

The Central West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) was expected to endorse last night a staff recommendation for approval of a transfer of title of the former Shelburne District Hospital to the County of Dufferin. More...

Local News

Headwaters marks centenary of Orangeville hospitals

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Headwaters Health Care Centre representatives were joined on Tuesday by members of the Lord Dufferin Chapter of the IODE, hospital auxiliary members and people from the community to kick off the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Orangeville h More...

GETTING THEIR POINT ACROSS:

These young public speakers impressed judges enough to finish in the top three in their respective age categories of the Royal Canadian Legion Public Speaking Contest at the Col. Fitzgerald branch in Orangeville. More...

Ally Oop Little Athletes marks first anniversary

By LINDSEY PAPP Staff Reporter

Jason Aramoso, founder and head coach of Ally Oop Little Athletes in Orangeville, is thrilled to be offering half price off soccer classes for this summer in honor of Ally Oop turning one this February. More...

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Letters to the Editor

Concerned about support of report

Re: “Jones supports Drummonds call for sharp cuts” When I heard some of the recommendations that the Drummond report had recommended, I was certainly very concerned. More...

Cut separate school, not funding

Re: Full day kindergarten really needed? Feeling like your government is lying to you and thinks you’re an idiot is so disheartening. More...

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Sports

View from the bench

By Chris Pomeroy

Before the Shelburne Muskies began their series against the Ripley Wolves a few weeks back, I doubt any of us would have believed that these two teams would play each other so close. More...

THE DUFFERIN FAMILY OF SCHOOLS

held a volleyball tournament recently. The all day tournmament featured schools from around the region competing in the gym at Orangeville District Secondary School. More...

Junior A Flyers done for the season

First round series ends with a 3- 1 loss

A 3-1 loss to the Aurora Tigers on Saturday, February 18, ended the Orangeville Junior A Flyers season. More...

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