A Final Look at 2007
December

The growth issue hadn't gone away. The handling of the previous vote on population forecasts resulted in the most heated debate of Caledon council of the year, and included Councillor Annette Groves suggesting at one point that Mayor Marolyn Morrison should consider resigning.

Groves wanted the Nov. 6 vote revisited because she didn't realize there was a clause added to the motion that stated council continues to support the 2021 population forecast of 84,444. She and all the other council members voted in favour of the motion.

Town clerk Cheri Cowan she didn't see anything done wrong procedurally.

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Downey's Estate Winery did it again, winning the coveted Fruit Wine of the Year prize at the Annual Canadian Wine Awards.

It was the second time the Caledon winery won the award, sponsored by Wine Access magazine, coming after an unprecedented sweep in 2003 (their first year in the wine business).

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An elderly couple was seriously injured in a fire at their home on Martha Street in Bolton. But there was some heartening news, as neighbours quickly got together and set up an account at the Bolton branch of CIBC to assist them.