Headliners - June 25, 2018
Challengers’ baseball diamond a big hit
By Constance Scrafield It was a special afternoon for some special kids thanks to the Blue Jays Care Foundation, the Bolton Braves Baseball Association, the Caledon Challenger Program and Toronto and Region Conservation Area (TRCA). The Grand Opening this week ...
Bethell, CCS benefit from Open
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR The Osprey Valley Open announced today that three organizations – the Bethell Hospice Foundation, Caledon Community Services, and Credit Valley Conservation ...
Many Hands, Doing Good hoping to inspire generations of kids
Written By MARK PAVILONS An unimaginable tragedy has resulted in something good, something very good. Many Hands, Doing Good was launched July 3. The not-for-profit ...
Paramedic move creates online furor
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR Peel Regional Paramedic Services Chief and Director Peter Dundas tried soothing the fears of the many Caledon residents who believe a ...
More News
Henry gets hitched, the King gets a contract, the Stones start up, and an Angel is born on this day
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR 1543 — King Henry Vlll marries his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. It takes a lot of confidence for a ...
Cuddy Jamboree for C.O.R.E.
Written By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD The annual Jim’s [Cuddy] Jamboree is coming up on August 5, 2018 in support of Conserve Our Rural Environment (C.O.R.E.), an ...
Touch-A-Truck Caledon ready to roll this Saturday
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR More than 30 vehicles will be on display at the Albion Bolton Fairgrounds on Bolton’s South Hill on Saturday, July 21 ...
Allstone makes art out of rock
Written By Mark Pavilons Stone is not just a natural building material, but an architectural piece of art, an eye-catching creation of Mother Nature. Schomberg’s ...
Bolton gymnasts vault into contention
Written By CITIZEN STAFF Bolton Gymnastics’ competitive team Synergy Gymnastics recently travelled to Amherstburg, just south of Windsor to compete at the 2018 Ontario Gymnastics ...
Cricket action
Cricketers of King, unite: the world’s top batters have descended on the Township. The month of July marks the inaugural edition of the Global T20 ...
Sylvia Jones hits the ground running as cabinet takes shape
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR “These are early days,” cautioned Ontario’s new minister of tourism, culture and sport, Sylvia Jones. The Dufferin-Caledon MPP, who won her ...
Right at Home helping Caledon residents with in-home health care
Written By MIKE PICKFORD A new addition to the Caledon business community, Right at Home Canada is here to stay. The organization, which specializes in ...
Student donates hair for cancer
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR Hair today, gone tomorrow. Horrible pun aside, that aptly describes the day young Aiden Singh experienced June 21 when he allowed ...
The king, the man in black and MJ on this day
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR 1937 — Spam, the canned luncheon “meat”, is unleashed on an unsuspecting world. 1946 — The bikini goes on sale after ...
Sports
Orangeville skier hoping to take on the world in Russia
Written By MIKE PICKFORD One Orangeville resident is asking for the public’s assistance as he continues to chase a lifelong Olympic dream. Ever since 19-year-old ...
Brewers trio make all-star team
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE Three Bolton Brewers are being commended for their part in bringing their team to the top of AA ball. Daniel Accardo, ...
Brewers drop a deuce, but still on top
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE The Bolton Brewers may have finally met their match. In the first two meetings of the North Dufferin Baseball League season ...
Former Leaf Holland a world away
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE Sometimes when you need to bring a spark back to your career, a change of pace is necessary. NHL journeyman Peter ...
Bandits still hold own fate
Written By JAKE COURTPATTE The junior C Caledon Bandits came close, but ultimately fell short of a third period comeback last week against the Oakville ...
Bandits breakdown leaves team in battle for basement
Written By JAKE COURTEMATTE The Caledon Bandits seemed poised to pick up their second win of the Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League season, before a ...
Bolton Dodgers finding runs tough to manufacture
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE A rollercoaster of a season has hit a downslope for the Bolton Dodgers, who managed just one run through back-to-back games ...
Bandits steal win from Mimico
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE The Caledon Bandits can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Nine games and just over a month into the Ontario Junior ...
Brewers on the ball, perfect through eight games
Written By JAKE COURTEPATTE The Bolton Brewers are back in a familiar position. The perennial powerhouse AA ball club sits atop the North Dufferin Baseball ...
Earning Hardware
PHOTO: JAKE COURTEPATTE THE SEASON MAY be young, but the Under-17/18 HEADS Hurricanes women’s soccer team has already earned some hardware – and on home ...
911 News
End of the road for travelling fraudsters in Bolton
They came a long way just to get arrested and charged. On Thursday, July 5 at about 1:21 p.m., Caledon OPP responded to a report ...
Loaded handgun found after driver evades RIDE stop
Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Caledon Detachment have seized a loaded handgun following an investigation involving a vehicle that attempted to avoid a ...
Captain Jack, Captain and Tenille and a whole lot of Misery on this day
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR 1846 — Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. 1855 — Sigma Chi fraternity is founded in North America. They are immediately placed ...
Police investigating rash of commercial Bolton break-ins
A man police believe is responsible for eight commercial break-ins in the Bolton area is on the loose and Ontario Provincial Police hope the public ...
Suspect wanted in eight Bolton break-ins
A man police believe is responsible for eight commercial break-ins in the Bolton area is on the loose and Ontario Provincial Police hope the public ...
Elderly woman has iPhone swiped out of her hand
Written By SCOTT TAYLOR On Wednesday, June 13 at approximately 10:42 a.m. an elderly female was walking in the area of Meadowcreek Road and Dougall ...
Caledon men charged in assault, threatening of youths
On Friday, June 8, Caledon OPP responded to a report of an assault that occurred in the vicinity of Twistleton Street and Learmont Avenue in ...
Transport truck ignores flashing lights of school bus
A transport truck driver has been charged with failing to stop for a school bus after being stopped by a member of the Ontario Provincial ...
Brampton man charged after fleeing police at 190km/h
Officers from the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Caledon Detachment investigated a motorist who was driving in excess of 190 km/h on Mayfield Road in Caledon. ...
Caledon OPP celebrates police week with community open house
Written By JASEN OBERMEYER Caledon OPP recently hosted an open house at the detachments location in Caledon East to celebrate Police Week, and giving residents ...