July 2023 Archive

Junior B Northmen eliminate Gloucester in three game sweep

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville Junior B Northmen eliminated the Gloucester Griffins in the first round of playoffs after a three-game sweep in their best-of-five ...

Junior A Northmen continue to storm through the season, undefeated after 18 games

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville Junior A Northmen continue dominating the Ontario Junior Lacrosse League, going undefeated after 18 games this season. That places the ...

Orangeville Food Bank to see boost in funding from annual AllPro Roofing golf 

Last year’s event raised $23,000 By Brian Lockhart Attendees of the AllPro Charity Classic golf tournament will be teeing off later this month to raise ...

Mono council hedges on uniform taxi bylaw

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Mono council knows well how there are devils in details when debating some legislative matters. Such was the ...

Elmer Iseler Singers conductor appointed to Order of Canada

By Constance Scrafield Lydia Adams, conductor and artistic director of the Elmer Iseler Singers (EIS), said, “I was down actually in Glace Bay for the ...

Mono takes steps toward commemorative naming policy

By JAMES MATTHEWS, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Mono’s heritage group urged council to adopt a community-centred approach to commemorating people of local historical significance. Mono ...

Dufferin–Caledon MP gets approval for bill aimed at improving Super Visa program

By Sam Odrowski Dufferin–Caledon MP Kyle Seeback’s Private Members’ Bill C-242 passed the third and final reading in the Senate on June 21 The Act to ...

Two Primrose Elementary students awarded for helping rescue peers in bus crash

By: Paula Brown  Two twelve-year-old students from Mulmur have been honoured for their efforts in helping rescue their peers after the bus they were travelling ...

Local school board approves nearly $500 million combined budget for 2023-24 year

By: Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Upper Grand District School Board (UGDSB) has approved its budget for the 2023-2024 school year.  The board ...

Dufferin–Caledon MP shares concerns over U.S. tax threats against Canadian Snowbirds 

Increases to the Underused Housing Tax (UHT) under consideration by federal government By Sam Odrowski A group of Conservative MPs are raising the alarm on ...

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