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Mayor Williams loses bid to return as Police Services Board chair
Orangeville now has a permanent chair of the Police Services Board (OPSB). Acting board chair Ken Krakar was elected as the lead via nomination by ...
Half-way point: the councillors
It is no secret that the past two years have been difficult for the members of Orangeville Council. It is unfortunate that drama within the ...
Half way report card
We are now officially at the half-way point of Orangeville Council’s current mandate. As such, I thought it might be appropriate to review promises and ...
Long-time Orangeville councillor Gail Campbell won’t seek re-election in 2018
Councillor Gail Campbell will not seek re-election in 2018. She will retire from political office at the end of this term following 20 plus years ...
My favourite things about Orangeville
I won the lottery in December. Not the traditional lottery where people excitedly enrich themselves after drawing the winning ticket. Not at all. Instead the ...
Time to compromise?
ORANGEVILLE COUNCIL will begin its budget deliberations next week, and there’s good reason to suspect that they won’t be as fractious and interminable as those ...
Town council votes to remove limit on fire-burning permits
Orangeville council Monday night revisited the recently passed bylaw regulating open air burning and opted to remove a provision limiting issuance of permits to one ...
Town’s first budget draft could mean no tax hike
At its meeting Monday night, Orangeville Council was given a preliminary look at what the 2017 budget could look like. Town Treasurer Mark Villeneuve presented ...
Bradley drops complaint to Dufferin’s integrity commissioner
Orangeville Councillor Sylvia Bradley has dropped her complaint to Dufferin’s integrity commissioner against Mayor Jeremy Williams and Councillor Nick Garisto. The complaint was in reference ...
Facebook posting seen as threat by some Orangeville councillors
A Facebook posting that some Orangeville councillors saw as a threat to their safety led to an unusual police presence at last week’s town council ...
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