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Chief of Dufferin County Paramedic Services set to retire after 25 years in the role

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tom Reid, Chief of Dufferin County Paramedic Services (DCPS), has officially announced his retirement.  The County of Dufferin and Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) issued a joint press release on Monday (March 18) ...

Council shells out more money for Alder Street facility

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER A bad day is when you’re having something repaired at an anticipated cost but you end up shelling ...

Orangeville Fire Department defeats Dufferin OPP in inaugural charity hockey game

By Sam Odrowski Two local emergency services recently laced up their skates and squared off in a good-spirited game of hockey. The Dufferin OPP faced ...

Dining in Dufferin: Bluebird spreads its wings with opening of The Nest Suites

By Gail Powell Restaurateurs Rick and Michelle Arsenault want to help make Orangeville a “stay and play” tourist destination. The owners of Bluebird Café and ...

Orangeville lobbies feds for carbon tax fairness

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Orangeville Mayor Lisa Post is rallying council support to lobby the federal government for fairness in how it ...

Dufferin County declares March as Amyloidosis Awareness Month, raising awareness about the incurable disease

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Dufferin County has proclaimed the month of March as Amyloidosis Awareness Month to help bring awareness to the ...

General News

New strategic plan implemented by local health team

Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team sets goals for 2024 to 2027 By Zachary Roman A collaborative of local patients, physicians, and health, social ...

Habitat for Humanity eyes former railway land

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Habitat for Humanity has an eye on Orangeville’s former railway property. Eden Grodzinski, the CEO of Habitat for ...

Sports

Local residents compete in the 95 km long Vasaloppet cross-country ski race in Sweden

By Brian Lockhart Two local residents travelled to Sweden in early March to participate in the 100th edition of the Vasaloppet cross-country ski race. John ...

Huge fight coming up for Orangeville’s Josh Wagner in April

By Brian Lockhart Local boxer Josh Wagner will be back in the ring for an IBF International Welterweight title fight in Toronto on April 27. ...

Minor hockey in full playoff mode

By Brian Lockhart The hockey season is winding down, with minor hockey teams now in full playoff mode. Orangeville Flyers hockey has 44 teams on ...

Junior C hockey starts semi-final round this week

Brian Lockhart Small-town Junior hockey is now moving into the semi-final round of playoffs after a quarter-final round that produced no surprises. In fact, none ...

Orangeville high school’s ski team performs well at OFSAA

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville District Secondary School Scarlett Bears ski team competed at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) Nordic ski meet ...

PJHL quarter-final playoffs underway across the province

By Brian Lockhart The Provincial Junior Hockey League has started quarter-final playoff competition as divisions around the province start battling for championships. Division winners will ...

Westside girl’s hockey team eliminated after loss in District 4 semi-final

By Brian Lockhart The Westside Secondary School Thunder girl’s hockey team is done for the season after taking a loss in their District 4 semi-final ...

Junior C hockey moves into playoffs across the province

By Brian Lockhart The Provincial Junior Hockey League has wrapped up the regular season and teams across the province are going into playoff mode to ...

Orangeville District Secondary School Bears compete in District 10 playoffs

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville District Secondary School Bears boy’s basketball teams ended the season in the quarter-final games of the District 10 playoffs on ...

Frozen lake, cold weather makes for successful ice fishing derby

By Brian Lockhart There were seven inches of ice and plenty of pike looking for something to eat at the Island Lake Conservation Area during ...

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