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News September 26th, 2007
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Alton businesses mark village's 185th anniversary
      Nestled in the rolling Caledon Hills, the historic Village of Alton was first settled in 1822, 45 years before the Confederation of Canada. By the mid-1800s it had grown into a booming industrial centre, largely due to the ample supply of fresh flowing water of Shaw's Creek, which was harnessed to...
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Chamber hosts Oct. 2 debate
      The Caledon Chamber of Commerce and Peel Federation of Agriculture are bringing the provincial candidates to centre stage, in the Oct. 2 all-candidates' debate at Caledon (East) Community Complex. The event begins at 6 p.m. with a networking session until 7, when introductions will be made. Openi...
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Kinsmen hold debate Oct. 1
      The Kinsmen Club of Bolton has established a tradition of hosting all candidates debates for federal, provincial and municipal candidates running for office in our ridings, specifically those running for office in the Bolton community. The Bolton Kinsmen debates are designed for the general popula...
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Peel acting to get a fair deal for municipalities
      Peel chair Emil Kolb and Carolyn Parrish, Regional Councillor and ublic information campaign committee chair, held a press conference Monday to outline the state of under-funding of human services in the Region of Peel.
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MAYOR, INSPECTOR AUCTIONED OFF
     As part of the Town of Caledon's United Way fund-raising campaign, council and senior management were auctioned off to staff members for an hour of service. Linda Crowther (centre), a staff person working out of the OPP detachment in Caledon East, bought the service of Mayor Marolyn Morr...
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Board, union reach agreement
      The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and OECTA Occasional Teachers Union are pleased to announce that a tentative contract agreement has been reached. Details of the contract are being withheld pending ratification by both parties, but the agreement is for a twoyear term commencing Se...
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Barn fire causes $50,000 in damage
      Sunday, Sept. 23 at approximately 2:41 pm., Caledon Fire & Emergency Services responded to a report of a structure fire received from a 911 call. Fire crews were upgraded en route to the call on Mississauga Road that this emergency incident was a barn fire.
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Non-compostable bags no longer collected
      Starting Oct.1, the Region of Peel will not collect green bins as part of the Organics Recycling Program if they contain noncompostable plastic items, such as plastic grocery or shopping bags.
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Participate in Caledon's World Record Walk Oct. 3
      To promote a healthier lifestyle, the Town of Caledon is pleased to announce participation in the province-wide "World Record Walk" Wednesday, Oct. 3. Ontario's "World Record Walk" aims to break the existing Guinness World Record for the most people walking one kilometre simultaneously. Western A...
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Candidates pressed on public education and health care
By Lavinia Kerr & Wes Keller
      In a sparsely attended allcandidates meeting Sept. 18 that saw some hard-hitting politicking, Progressive Conservative Sylvia Jones found herself alone in her support of her party's plan to fund faith-based private schools. Public education and health funding were the hottest of issues at a meet...
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Residents urged to lock and secure vehicles
      Collisions Caledon OPP officers responded to 15 property damage and nine personal injury collisions during the week ending Sept. 17. Tragically, there was one motor vehicle collision that claimed the lives of two young women.
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Man charged in double fatal
      Charges have been laid by Caledon OPP against the driver of the dump truck that collided with a car within the intersection of Mayfield Road and Airport Road in Caledon Thursday, Sept. 13. The collision claimed the lives of 19-year-old Vanessa Diceglie and her sister, 23-year-old Isabel Diceglie ...
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