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April 1, 2019   ·   0 Comments

By Gwynne Dyer You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he’s really an icon of democracy, just  ...

Appeal launched against result of contentious D-C Tory nomination

By Mike Baker Eight days on from the controversial vote that saw Orangeville businessman Harzadan Singh Khattra win the Conservative nomination in Dufferin-Caledon and the ...

‘Kin Jim’ Eberly marks 25 years raising funds for Cystic Fibrosis

By Mike Baker Jim Eberly has never been one to do things the easy way.  It has been 25 years since the Palgrave resident raised ...

Dufferin-Caledon municipalities getting $4.9 million in provincial infrastructure aid

By Mike Baker Municipalities in Dufferin County and Caledon will share a nearly $4.9 million windfall as a result of a one-time provincial initiative designed ...

County Council supports transit lay-by at Edelbrock Centre

By Mike Baker Given the number of vehicles that daily drive by Orangeville’s community garden, Mayor Sandy Brown doesn’t think adding a handful of municipal ...

Local ceremony marks end of Ontario’s Drive Clean program

By Mike Baker The Ontario government is finally calling time on a much-maligned program that Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones described as “seriously outdated” in a ...

Second season on LPGA Tour for local girl Brittany Marchand

By Mike Baker Orangeville’s Brittany Marchand has broken into the big time.  The young golfer is living her dream, having cracked the Ladies Professional Golf ...

Bowl for Kid’s Sake combines fun, fundraising in a virtual alley

By Brian Lockhart Throwing a strike took on a whole different perspective at the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowl for Kid’s Sake event held at ...

Loretto Ski Shop operator doing what he can to avoid the wrecking ball

By Brian Lockhart Chances are if you are a skier or snowboarder in this region you are aware of, or have visited, the Loretto Ski ...

Manhattan Bead Company relocates to new spot on Mill St.

By Constance Scrafield The Manhattan Bead Company is alive and well on Mill Street. That beautiful shop window on Broadway, filled with many wonders of ...

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