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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 Bradley brought forward a petition and made a plea to Council last November for a sidewalk to be co...

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’s hairpin bend. A sign is also to be installed; warning of the bend on the north side of the road n...

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 fast and furious… he went from having kind of a low-grade fever to having full flu like symptoms,”...

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 time for youth, Orangeville Tigers Girls Hockey, Orangeville Minor Hockey, and Skate Canada couldn...

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 in-person road exams. Strict public health and safety measures will be in place for all in-vehicle p...