Dufferin teenager to compete in cattle, equestrian, poultry shows at Royal Winter Fair for first time in event’s history

Written By SAM ODROWSKI A 16-year-old Dufferin County resident will compete at an unprecedented level during the 102nd Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. While it takes a high level of talent and dedication to show livestock in just one competition ...

Community groups share concerns over Fiddle Park revitalization project

Pickin’ in the Park, Haunt in the Park may need cancel in 2025 Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Organizers from two well-known ...

Shelburne to honour Alex Cater with memorial plaque

By Brian Lockhart The Town of Shelburne is honouring one of its residents with a memorial plaque that will be installed at Greenwood Park. Alex ...

Legion temporarily closes after president resigns

Ceremonies still taking place locally to commemorate Remembrance Day Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Shelburne Legion, Branch 220, will remain closed ...

Hockey fans throughout Dufferin County meet Mats Sundin at book signing

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER A sea of blue and white jerseys descended on one of Orangeville’s local arenas as Toronto Maple ...

Shelburne girl to be featured in upcoming TVO Kids show

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Shelburne residents young and old will need to set a reminder to turn on their televisions on ...

Newly renovated hemodialysis unit opens at Headwaters Health Care Centre

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Patients receiving hemodialysis treatments at Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) will now have more comfort with the ...

Shelburne council accepts $42,500 in community grant recommendations for 2025 budget

By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Shelburne Town Council has approved $42,500 in recommended funding for the 2025 budget that local organizations will receive ...

Orangeville councillor Tess Prendergast to be Ontario Liberal Party’s Dufferin—Caledon candidate

By Sam Odrowski The Dufferin—Caledon Provincial Liberal Association recently announced Tess Prendergast will officially be nominated as the Ontario Liberal Party’s candidate for the upcoming ...

Artist inspired by rebirth and transformation for MoD Silo Gallery show

By Brian Lockhart When asked to produce work for a show at the Museum of Dufferin, Orangeville artist Stephanie Casino Esguerra, spent several weeks of ...

Headwaters Hospital opens beds, resources to teddy bear patients

By JAMES MATTHEWS It’s something children and Headwaters Health Care Centre professionals have long known: Stuffies need care and attention, too. The Orangeville hospital hosted ...

Centre Dufferin Royals junior girls’ basketball team enter playoffs

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART The District 4 junior girls’ basketball regular season has wrapped up and teams will now get ready to go into the ...

Local resident plans marathon walk around Fiddle Park

McNeil trading skates for running shoes to support Royal Canadian Legions Written By BRIAN LOCKHART When Steve McNeil plans one of his charity fundraising events, ...

Shelburne Stars Cricket Club compete in Shel-Bram Cup

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART The Shelburne Cricket Club’s premier team, the Shelburne Stars, travelled to Brampton on Friday, Oct. 11 to take on the Brampton ...

Local fitness trainer qualifies for her third Boston Marathon

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART Long-distance running is an activity that requires physical conditioning, determination, and mental preparedness. Hannah Sine, owner of Shelburne’s Towne Fitness, has ...

Junior C hockey underway across the province with 63 teams playing in eight divisions

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART Small-town hockey is underway across the province with 63 Junior C teams playing in 8 divisions representing regions around Ontario. The ...

Brighter Tomorrows Classic hosts successful annual golf tournament

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART The Brighter Tomorrows Classic golf tournament held in memory of Bradley Ough, took place at the Woodington Lake Golf Club in ...

Shelburne Stallions triumph in Dufferin County Cup final at season finale

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART The Shelburne Stallions emerged victorious in the highly anticipated final of the Dufferin County Cup (DCC) cricket match. The Stallions secured ...

Royals win by a single point in overtime over Wellington Heights

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART It was a nail-biting finish when the Centre Dufferin District High School Royals went into overtime with the Wellington Heights Secondary ...

Owen Sound claims NDBL senior championship

By Brian Lockhart The Owen Sound Baysox are the new North Dufferin Baseball League senior champions after winning Game 5 of their best-of-seven championship series ...

Royals senior girls start basketball season in home gym

By Brian Lockhart The Centre Dufferin District High School Royals girls’ basketball teams have started the 2024 year with the home and season openers on ...

Dufferin County invites community to Open House highlighting building code updates on Nov. 7

Dufferin County’s Building Services Division invites residents to attend an Open House on Nov. 7 to learn about important updates in the 2024 Building Code. ...

Shelburne Public Library shares weekly news

It’s that time of year again! Our most cherished event of the year is just around the corner — our Annual Silent Auction & Book ...

Dufferin County Canadian Black Association hosts business networking event in Shelburne

The Dufferin County Canadian Black Association (DCCBA) partnered with the Town of Shelburne to host its inaugural business networking event at Grace Tipling Hall on ...

Theatre Orangeville’s ‘Twas the Night Gala to return Nov. 16

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD Theatre Orangeville’s annual ‘Twas the Night Gala will be staged at the luxurious establishment – Hockley Valley Resort (783522 3rd Line ...

Museum of Dufferin to hold several events through early November

The Museum of Dufferin (MoD), based out of Mulmur, is holding several events next month. MoD, a place that collects and preserves the stories of ...

New Liberal candidate nominated for Dufferin-Caledon

Written By ZACHARY ROMAN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER There’s a new Provincial Liberal candidate for Dufferin and Caledon. On Oct. 20, Tess Prendergast was officially ...

Winter Warmth Clothing Swap Party coming to Grand Valley Library

Help reduce clothing waste in the community while freshening up your winter wardrobe next weekend Written By SAM ODROWSKI Dufferin Waste and Grand Valley Public ...

Local Big Brothers Big Sisters to hold online holiday auction, seeks donations

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin and District is putting the call out to local businesses to ...

Pine River Institute is finalist in 2024 Defender Services Awards

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Pine River Institute is another step closer to its goal of winning the 2024 Defender Services Awards. ...

Theatre Orangeville’s Tip of the Iceberg – Three men in a boat

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD Take two lifelong pals, and we’re talking about 70 years – odd, living in an unnamed fishing village on the Newfoundland ...

Christian Perspectives: Be a peacemaker

“Peace, peace, they say when there is no peace!” the prophet Jeremiah declared. Let me tell you about Alfred. It was the turn of the ...

Christian Perspectives: A new way of seeing

By Penny Lewis Christ Church Bolton I just love Canada. I am a very patriotic Canadian. I feel blessed to have been born in ...

Christian Perspectives: Understanding the Easter Story

Rev. Stephanie Pellow In the past week or so we have seen almost all the seasons represented. We have experienced the grey, dull rainy ...

Christian Perspectives: A nudge along the path

By Ann McCallum, Executive Director Highlands Youth for Christ Towards the end of February, when we had a few days of mild weather, I ...

Christian Perspectives: Conscience

By Norm Copeland Bethel Bible Chapel The conscience. We all have one. Though we all have one, it is like a fingerprint, unique to ...

Christian Perspectives: Our world is hungry for a blessing

By Janet Sinclair, Minister Knox Presbyterian Church, Grand Valley Jesus chose a way of life that was misunderstood by many. He sometimes scandalized the ...

Christian Perspectives: Biggest problem facing the world today

By Rev. Gord Horsley Abiding Place Fellowship The biggest problem facing the world today is not terrorism, racism, global warming, religious differences, the economic ...

Christian Perspectives: Does the Sun Stop Shining?

By Reverend Barbara Moulton As I sit at my desk at home today, I look out my window and see blue sky and sunshine. ...

Christian Perspectives: A New Day has come

By Dr. Vincent Sterling Power of Faith Pentecostal Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, a new day has come to Shelburne, Orangeville, and surrounding ...

Christian Perspectives: Going on a journey

By Penny Lewis Christ Church Bolton Do you like to travel and go on a journey? If so, you have to figure out where ...

Watch where you step

By Brian Lockhart The world has always been pretty innovative when it comes to thinking up new ways to kill your neighbour. First, it was ...

Exploding pagers: What was the point?

By Gwynne Dyer The exploding pagers that killed at least 12 people and injured 2,800 others in Lebanon and some adjacent places on Tuesday were ...

Building maintenance

By Brian Lockhart Commerce Court in downtown Toronto is a huge skyscraper that once dominated the skyline. It has 57 stories and is 942 feet ...

Biden is now a Lost Cause

By Gwynne Dyer It really doesn’t matter whether Joe Biden is in peak condition intellectually during a second term as president. He did some useful ...

Go west young man!

By Brian Lockhart In the two or three years after I graduated high school, there was a mass exodus of Ontarians heading west. Thousands of ...

Killing Darya Dugina

By Gwynne Dyer “I am a political observer of the International Eurasianist Movement and an expert in international relations…. In this capacity, I appear on ...

One person’s junk

By Brian Lockhart When I was a kid, maybe seven years old, I received a rather fun toy at Christmas one year. It was a ...

A hollow victory

By Brian Lockhart From the Second Row It was 1975, and the rooftop of the American embassy in Saigon became a makeshift heliport as Huey ...

Too big to be equal?

Gwynne DyerOur World Today Never mind the destruction of the relatively free society of Hong Kong (no emergency airlift like Kabul, but the number of ...

It happened today

In this week’s offering, we take a look back through history and note some of the interesting happenings from May 17 over the years. 1590- ...

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