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February 12, 2009

GETTING READY FOR HOOPS FOR HEART

Caledon East Public School Principal Brad Teeter was lining up a shot Friday in a friendly game of "Bump" against other teachers, including Jaime Richards, to the delight of the student body. They were all taking part in a warm-up for the school's Hoops for Heart event, scheduled for Feb. 20. Turn to page 5 for more. More...

Charlestown school closes after 38 years

By Wes Keller

All 35 employees of Charlestown Residential School near Caledon village, a facility for hard-to-handle children between the ages of nine and 16, have received their notices of permanent layoff, effective yesterday (Wednesday). More...

Peel to ask MTO to move on east-west route

By Bill Rea

Progress is being made by the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) on traffic movement in the GTA, but there are calls for some of the timelines to speed up. More...

•	Beware of high water in rivers

News

•	Concerns expressed over some details in Community Improvement Plan

The proposed Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for Bolton is drawing a lot of positive comments, although some concerns were raised last Wednesday at a public meeting on the matter. The concerns mainly focused on details in the proposed plan that were lacking. More...

•	John and Jewel Lyons married 60 years

•	Peel Region adjusts hours for Family Day this Monday

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Columns

•	The unexpected can happen

We tend to hear a lot about what some people call pivotal moments, or those incidents that crop up in life that have some deep effect on a person. I believe a moment can only be declared pivotal in retrospect, and after the passage of some time. One can't truly judge the significance of anything without putting it in the proper context. More...

•	Sometimes it costs a little more???

•	Caledon Community Services can help with job search

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Editorial

•	McGuinty on side with reality

Editorial

Last week in this spot, we praised Prime Minister Stephen Harper, his Conservative colleagues and their Liberal opposition for accurately reading economic conditions in this country. And we're happy to see that Premier Dalton McGuinty is on something of the same wave length. More...

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Community

•	COMMUNITY EVENTS

A directory of what is happening in the community

THIS COLUMN IS PROVIDED AS A FREE PUBLIC SERVICE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO ANNOUNCE UPCOMING EVENTS. PLEASE CONTACT BETH EARLY-REA AT CALEDON COMMUNITY SERVICES AT 905-584-9460 IF YOU WISH TO HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT PUBLISHED. More...

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Caledon Sports

•	Silvers and gold for Cougars major atom girls

Tournament stops in Newmarket, Barrie and Scarborough have all borne fruit this basketball season for the Caledon Cougars major atom girls. First on the schedule was the IEM Newmarket tourney, where it took four hard-fought wins to reach the final before the local girls had to settle for the silver in a 31-42 final against Kitchener-Waterloo. More...

•	Caledon high school sports scores and schedules

•	The Bolton Wanderers: New Season - New Programs

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Arts & Entertainment

•	Gala coming to mark 100th anniversary of first hanging at Peel jail

This week (Tuesday) marked the 100th anniversary of Stefan Swyryda becoming the first person to be hanged for murder on the grounds of the Peel County Jail, which is today the Peel Heritage Complex (PHC); art gallery, archives and museum. More...

•	Chamber concert organizers accept their Trillium grant

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