April 2025 Archive

Shelburne Public Library shares upcoming events, recommended read this week

The Shelburne Public Library is closed from Friday, April 18 to Monday, April 21.  Stop in before Tuesday at 7 p.m. or head to the ...

Ontario announces 2.4 per cent increase to minimum wage later this year

Written By SAM ODROWSKI There’s some good news for the nearly 1 million people in Ontario who earn minimum wage. The provincial government announced minimum ...

Impaired driving incidents results in numerous charges throughout the county and area

Shelburne man faces impaired charges after driving vehicle into ditch, found hiding near a swamp Dufferin Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officers charged a Shelburne resident ...

Horticultural Society continues to blossom as it celebrates 55th anniversary

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Orangeville and District Horticultural Society is blooming into a new milestone and future.  The local horticultural ...

Six-year-old Theo Opper selected as ambassador for this year’s Dufferin Autism Walk

Written By SAM ODROWSKI The Dufferin Autism Walk has a fresh face representing this year’s fundraiser.  Orangeville resident Theo Opper, 6, is this year’s walk ...

Local woman’s 80 acts of kindness for her 80th birthday raises $42,000 for Headwaters

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER An East Garafraxa resident’s efforts to complete a year’s worth of small acts of kindness has moved ...

Gaza: A statistical anomaly

by GWYNNE DYER I was just idly looking at the casualty numbers the other day and I noticed that there was something badly wrong with ...

Supply and demand

by BRIAN LOCKHART Supply and demand – that’s the way the world works when it comes to the economy. If you produce a product or ...

Local falconer granted exemption for raptors from Town of Shelburne’s Animal Control Bylaw 

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER A Shelburne resident will be able to keep a bird of prey at his residential home. During ...

Shelburne to receive strong mayor powers: Operations to continue ‘business as usual’

Written By PAULA BROWN LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Shelburne Mayor Wade Mills has reassured fellow councillors he “doesn’t plan to exercise” the new authority allotted ...

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