January 2021 Archive

Stevenson Memorial shares redevelopment plans with Mono

By Peter Richardson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Area healthcare services were top of mind at Mono Council’s meeting last Tuesday (Jan. 12). The President/CEO of ...

Another payout

By Brian Lockhart You take a look out over your property and realize it’s time to hire a gardener. Buying ten acres of country property ...

Former OPS Officer acquitted of all charges

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initative Reporter Stephen Fisher, a former constable with the Orangeville Police Service (OPS) has been found not guilty of the ...

Mayor looks back on 2020 and ahead to 2021

By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Council had no shortage of challenges, obstacles, and roadblocks to work through in 2020, but for a year that was overshadowed ...

Local Police won’t randomly stop vehicles to check stay-at-home order compliance

By Sam Odrowski Many Orangeville residents have been wondering about the authority police have under Ontario’s stay-at-home orders and provincial emergency.  Coun. Todd Taylor, Chair ...

Council providing support to Dufferin County Canadian Black Association

By Sam Odrowski The demand for racial justice and equality strengthened greatly in 2020, leading to the creation of many pro-Black and anti-racist groups advocating ...

Local associations plead with Council for reduced ice costs

By Sam Odrowski All minor hockey is cancelled throughout Ontario, and will remain that way for the duration of the provincial emergency order that was ...

Theatre Orangeville’s Broadway Bound – The future is here

On now and until Jan. 28 at Theatre Orangeville’s Online line-up of entertainment is Broadway Bound, a concert of members of Young Company’s alumni, who ...

Local not-for-profit lands grant funding for agricultural programs

By Sam Odrowski Headwaters Communities in Action is receiving a much needed boost in funding from the provincial government for its Food and Farming Alliance ...

Care farm receives grant to alleviate stressors from COVID-19

By Jessica Laurenza Stephanie Deaken and Breanne Mathers, co-founders of Fiddlehead Care Farm, received $64,600 through the Resilient Communities Fund intended to help local non-profits ...

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