Haunt in the Park to feature fresh scares at Fiddle Park

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER It’s that creepy-crawly time of year again when Fiddle Park in Shelburne transforms to host spooky guests and creatures at the annual Haunt in the Park. Hosted by the Little family, the ...

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 ...

Author, journalist Elizabeth Renzetti to discuss latest book at MoD

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Small Town Big Ideas event series is set to welcome its first guest in a new ...

New exhibit at Town Hall features portraits of influential women

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Shelburne residents can see an array of portraits of influential women and share the influential women they’d ...

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 ...

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 ...

High schools ready to start fall athletic season

Written By Brian Lockhart High schools in the region wasted no time assembling the schedules for the fall athletic season. Centre Dufferin District High School ...

Baysox leading Rangers in NDBL senior championship series

Written By Brian Lockhart After a second weekend of back-to-back games, the Owen Sound Baysox are leading the Ivy Rangers 3-1 in the North Dufferin ...

NDBL senior championship series tied after weekend games

Written By Brian Lockhart The North Dufferin Baseball League Championship series is tied at one after the opening games over the weekend. The Owen Sound ...

Orangeville man charged with impaired driving following collision with hydro pole in Amaranth

Dufferin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers have charged an Orangeville man with impaired operation related offences after he collided with a hydro pole in Amaranth. ...

Museum of Dufferin hosting several events through October

The Museum of Dufferin (MoD) collects and preserves the stories of the people, places and culture of Dufferin County — past and present — and ...

News from Shelburne Library

There are several events coming up at the Shelburne Public Library. Seed Saving 101 with Kim Delaney from Hawthorn Seeds is coming to the library ...

County calling for emergency shelter volunteers to participate in training session

In times of emergencies or disasters, having a safe space for residents to gather and access essential services is critical. Dufferin County is calling for ...

County seeks input on Economic Development Strategy

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The County of Dufferin is asking for the community’s help in reviewing and providing feedback on their ...

County of Dufferin shares hunting season dates in Dufferin County Forest

Written By SAM ODROWSKI The County of Dufferin recently issued information for the public regarding the upcoming hunting seasons in the Dufferin County Forest. Hunting ...

Inaugural Headwaters Hike to Fight Breast Cancer raises $68,000

Written By ZACHARY ROMAN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER A recent charity hike was a massive success. On Oct. 15, the Headwaters Health Care Foundation (HHCF) ...

Nearly 15,000 unmarked cigarettes seized at RIDE spot check in Shelburne

Written By SAM ODROWSKI As a result of a Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere RIDE program conducted in Shelburne, Dufferin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers charged ...

News from Shelburne Library

Thank you to all who signed up and renewed their library cards during Library Card Sign Up month! Congratulations to our weekly winners, Brodie, Mareena, ...

Theatre Orangeville presents first play of new season, Tip of the Iceberg

Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD Could an iceberg be the fountain of youth? Or at least reinvigoration? These are the questions posed by Archie to his ...

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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