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Tanning beds now illegal for under aged users

The Canadian Cancer Society are celebrating a milestone towards the fight against Cancer, as October 9th marked the date Ontario Legislature passed the Bill 30, ...

Highlights from the North of 89 Art Show

Pictures by Wes Keller

Teens under 18 no longer allowed to use tanning beds

Ontario is moving forward to protect young people against skin cancer with today’s passage of the Skin Cancer Prevention Act. The new legislation restricts youth ...

Is it a coyote, or a coywolf?

As might have been expected, county council last week returned the coyote problem back to General Government Services Committee and county staff to work with ...

Gasification comes into its own – elsewhere

When Shelburne was forced on short notice to close its landfill site approximately 20 years ago just after Murray Halbert succeeded Irene Davis as mayor, ...

Former hospital could be occupied quickly

It appears Dufferin Treasurer Alan Selby wasn’t far off the mark when he predicted that the 24 housing units at Dynes-Grey Village would be fully ...

Council to examine Greenwood progress

When Shelburne council meets early on Monday to lead a tour of Greenwood Park, they’ll be viewing – among other things – the birth of ...

Blanding’s Turtle said to be present in Dufferin

A new wrinkle has emerged in the Environmental Tribunal Hearing (ERT) into the development of the 100 MW Dufferin Wind Power (DWP) wind farm with ...

Windowless classrooms wave of the future for UGDSB?

Dear editor: Princess Elizabeth Public School (located in Welland, Ontario) is undergoing much needed renovations. However, for some of this year’s kindergarten classes the prospects ...