By Paula Brown The Ontario SPCA Orangeville and District Animal Centre is using the gift of a smile to help in their efforts of supporting the animals in their care this holiday season. The local ...

By Doug Harkness I submitted my last “official” column to these hallowed pages on June 2, 2016. My task then was to write an opinion piece that usually centered around politics while now it ...

By Sam Odrowski Toys for Tots will be back at the Orangeville Walmart (95 First St.) from Friday, Nov. 22 to Sunday, Nov. 24. The annual fundraiser is run by the Dufferin Detachment of the Ontario ...

By Brian Lockhart The Orangeville District Secondary School Scarlett Bears senior girls basketball team went to the District 10 championship held at the University of Guelph on Nov. 9. The Bears ...

Is Intimate Partner Violence, formerly referred to as Domestic Violence/Domestic Abuse, an epidemic? Or not? And what is classified as an epidemic? Bill 173 is a Bill being put forth now ...

A weapon-related incident involving two teenagers placed a Caledon high school in a lockdown on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Robert F. Hall was placed into lockdown from roughly 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. due to ...

By JAMES MATTHEWS Rate increases recommended in a study of Orangeville’s water and wastewater are going to hit some residents hard. That’s a fear expressed by Councillor Debbie Sherwood during ...

Old Saint Nick to make appearance at Dufferin Detachment By Sam Odrowski Dufferin Ontario Provincial Police Officers have located Santa Claus and are bringing him in. Fear not – Kris Kringle ...

By Brian Lockhart “How ya Gonna Keep ‘em Down on the Farm, After They’ve Seen Paree?” That’s an old song from the First World War. It suggests that someone who has the opportunity to travel and ...

By Constance Scrafield There is such joy in Theatre Orangeville’s upcoming Sleeping Beauty – a Fairy’s Tale, the second Panto co-written by artistic director David Nairn and ...

By JAMES MATTHEWS Properly repairing the pool at the Tony Rose Memorial Sports Centre is too costly an investment, according to Orangeville council. The facility’s pool was closed earlier this ...

It’s a sure sign that things are not going well in a country when foreign airlines get shot at on their way into or out of the main national airport. That is what started happening in Haiti on Tuesday ...