August 2017 Archive
Fire destroys $1 million wood processing plant in Shelburne
By Michelle Janzen Damage is estimated to be at least $1 million following a huge blaze at a local wood processing plant last week. A ...
Study claims Bill 148 puts 185,000 Ontario jobs at risk
By Mike Pickford Public condemnation of the Liberal government’s Bill 148 continued this week after a study carried out by the Canadian Centre for Economic ...
NDACT easing concerns over Strada aggregate application
By Marni Walsh Local concern is growing over Bonnefield’s time-limited option for Strada Aggregates to acquire a 50-acre parcel of its farmland should Strada’s application ...
Outlaws win OPFL Bantam championship
By Brian Lockhart It was a Cinderella Story ending to the season for the Orangeville Outlaws Bantam football team when they claimed the Ontario Provincial ...
Big turn-out for Pro Am Tournament at Shelburne G& CC
By Brian Lockhart Weather wise it was a perfect day to hit the links during the Pro Am Flame of Hope Charity Golf Tournament held ...
The little piano that could
By Tabitha Wells In a kind of, sort of, still a little bit small-ish town, it’s a given some of the biggest town-wide dramas, spectacles, ...
Editorial reflects local sentiment
A copy of the following letter to Kathryn McGarry, Ontario;s Minister of Natural Resources and Forests, was submitted for publication, with the Citizen’s editorial of ...
A cure for MTO’s inattention?
IN ADDITION TO IT BEING the sesquicentennial of Canadian Confederation, 2017 also happens to be the 100th anniversary of Ontario’s provincial highways system. In 1917, ...
Churchill is calling
By Constance Scrafield Does anyone know if the stars and the planets are badly out of alignment? You know, what astrologists and others say when ...
A timely drive for food
LET’S HOPE there is a positive response to the second annual summer food drive planned for this Saturday by the Orangeville Food Bank. The drive ...
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