August 2017 Archive

Rock Garden Farms going strong on Airport Rd

By Bill Rea Rock Garden Farms has been operating on Airport Road, north of Caledon East, for going on 30 years. But its roots as ...

BC band shell Highland Rotarians’ inspiration for Island Lake shell

By Constance Scrafield Said Jeff Bathurst, Treasurer of the Rotary Club of Orangeville Highlands, “When I was in B.C., I saw the band shell that ...

Fergus Highland Games now 72 years young

By Constance Scrafield The Thoms family of Fergus, among three generations, have racked up more than 100 years of volunteer service to the Fergus Scottish ...

New HHCC ambulatory care wing open to the public by month’s end

By Mike Pickford Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) expects to have its brand new ambulatory care facility up and running and open to the public ...

DQ’s Miracle Treat Day coming next Thursday

By Mike Pickford For most of us, there’s still plenty of time until the stress, panic and excitement of Christmas takes over, but, for a ...

Vaccine bait dropped in Dufferin to combat spread of ‘raccoon rabies’

By Tom Claridge If you haven’t heard already, rabies is back in this part of Ontario. In the last 18 months, hundreds of raccoons and ...

Local “Elvis” added to Shelburne’s fiddle week

By Marni Walsh The Heritage Music Festival’s fiddle contest comes to Shelburne next week, as it has for more than six decades. The Canadian Open ...

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