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Wilton-Lyndeborough voters approved the district’s operating budget and other warrant articles at the district meeting Saturday.The $13 million budget represents an increase of 3.1% over the current budget, according to Budget Committee Chair Jeff...

Orangeville set to recognize Holi Festival for first time on March 18th. Holi, also known as the festival of c...

June 30, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Orangeville’s Canada Day celebrations are going to look much different this year, following the discovery of 715 unmarked graves near a former residential school in Saskatchewan and the remains of 215 children in British Colombia. In light of the unsettling reports of the mass unmarked graves, Mayor Sandy Brown put forward a notice of motion to light up the Town Hall orange instead of r...

June 3, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Flags at Town of Orangeville facilities have been lowered as a sign of collective mourning of the remains of 215 children found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. The flags will remain lowered until June 8 for a total of 215 hours, one hour for each child. Coun. Lisa Post, who sits on the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, put a motion forward...

April 29, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski The Liberal Party of Canada recently announced Orangeville Councillor Lisa Post has been acclaimed as their candidate for the Dufferin–Caledon riding in the next federal election.  Post announced her intention to run under the Liberal Party banner last December and told the Citizen she is unbelievably excited for the opportunity to campaign in the Dufferin–Caledon riding, having a l...

April 15, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Following consultations with affected homeowners, Orangeville Council voted 6-1 in favour of not constructing a sidewalk on Faulkner Street at their Monday (April 12) meeting. Out of the 25 houses that would be directly impacted by the proposed sidewalk, 18 sent comments to the Town and of those, 16 did not want the sidewalk, while two were in favour. Former Orangeville councillor Sylvia...

April 15, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Safety measures are being taken by the Town of Orangeville along Oak Ridge Drive after an impaired driver crashed into a resident’s front lawn last month. A joint motion brought forward by Coun. Lisa Post and Coun. Todd Taylor at a Council meeting on April 12 was passed, which will see a portable speed sign installed at Oak Ridge Drive between Island Lake Public School and the street�...

By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Coun. Lisa Post and her family contracted COVID-19 in late March and are happy to share, they’ve since recovered. Coun. Post’s husband got a phone call on March 27 notifying him that he was a close contact to a new case of COVID-19 at work, which led to an instant lockdown of their home and the start of an isolation period. The following evening, Coun. Post’s husband started developing symptoms, which had a rapid onset, she noted. “The symptoms were pretty fa...

February 26, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski Orangeville Council unanimously voted to reduce ice rental fees for local minor hockey groups and Skate Canada last week, so they can complete their seasons now that Dufferin is in the red control zone for COVID-19 restrictions. Dufferin moved out of total lockdown on Feb. 16, allowing sports groups to have 10 players on the ice at a time, without contact.  While the move permits ice...

February 18, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Sam Odrowski In-vehicle passenger road tests were restarted on Tuesday (Feb. 16) in regions under the “red” zone of the provincial COVID-19 framework or lower, which includes Wellington–Dufferin–Guelph Public Health (WDGPH). DriveTest centres in regions under the “grey” lockdown zone or that still have a Stay-at-Home order in place, such as Toronto, Peel, and York, won’t be resuming ...