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Ontario Liberal candidate Prendergast for Dufferin–Caledon withdraws from race

Written By SAM ODROWSKI Orangeville councillor Tess Prendergast announced she is withdrawing as the Ontario Liberal candidate for Dufferin–Caledon in the next provincial election. Prendergast, ...

Local police officer challenges County Council to participate in polar plunge

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dufferin County councillors have been challenged by Dufferin OPP to take part in the 2025 Shelburne Polar ...

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin and District recognizes National Mentoring Month

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dufferin and District is celebrating the efforts of their volunteer mentors as ...

Headwaters Health Care Foundation raises $3 million for MRI campaign with challenge

Written By SAM ODROWSKI A campaign aimed at bringing an MRI to Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC) recently completed its largest matching gift challenge yet, ...

County of Dufferin mulls 5.6 per cent tax increase in 2025

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dufferin County Council has been presented with a tax levy increase of 5.6 per cent for the ...

Shelburne to advocate for truck bypass with Ministry of Transportation

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Councillors and staff members from the Town of Shelburne will be attending a meeting with the Ministry ...

Leaders rise to the top moving into second half of Junior C hockey season

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART With the new year, the Provincial Junior Hockey League is now moving into the second half of the regular season schedule ...

Centre Dufferin District High School hosts alumni week

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART You may have graduated from Centre Dufferin District High School, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t be attached to your ...

Iran: End of the line?

by GWYNNE DYER Six months ago, at the end of Iran’s presidential election, I finished an article by speculating that the long-lived theocratic dictatorship in ...