Like reading, puzzles and games are incredibly beneficial for the brain. Activities like crosswords, Sudoku, and memory games improve critical thinking skills, enhance memory, boost concentration ...

Written By JOSHUA DRAKES LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER The Dufferin County Paramedic Service has changed its crest in an effort to better represent its expanding services and mission. The ...

January 13 marked AMBER Alert Awareness Day, and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding Ontarians that AMBER Alerts are a call for the public’s help to find a child in danger. An AMBER ...

January has a reputation for being loud. It arrives with fireworks, bold proclamations, fresh planners, and the kind of optimism that can feel like pressure if you’re just trying to get your boots ...

Gwynne DyerOur World Today The Crazy Gang are high on the ‘brilliant success’ of their Venezuela caper and looking for new targets. Like Alexander the Great, Donald Trump weeps because there ...

Written By JAMES MATTHEWS A police search of an Amaranth home may have closed five break and enter and related fraud investigations. OPP in Dufferin County executed a search warrant at the home on ...

Written By JOSHUA DRAKES LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER January marks Alzheimer’s Awareness Month across Canada, and the local contingent is using the opportunity to shine a light on the ...

Written By SAM ODROWSKI LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dufferin–Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones, who serves as Ontario’s deputy premier and minister of health under Premier Doug Ford, recently ...

Written By BRIAN LOCKHART They are Shelburne’s Senior hockey team who deliver a lot of hard-hitting fast action for local fans when they host home games at the Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex.

In this edition of the Shelburne Free Press, we pick up with the second half of the biggest stories that mattered to our readersbetween July and December 2025. With that, here’s a look back at the ...

Written By JOSHUA DRAKES LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTERShelburne council paved the way for an animal veterinary clinic to set up shop. The zoning bylaw required an amendment that would allow ...

Written By JAMES MATTHEWS A deep analysis of local homelessness issues would serve Dufferin County well. That was one of the needs broached as part of an update county council requested on the ...