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The names of Acton’s war dead are set in stone on the town’s local cenotaph. Many will gather at the memorial to remember them this Saturday starting at 10:45 a.m. But few, if any, will recall how Acton flew into battle for Canada in the Second World War. In July 1943, five fighter aircraft models…
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Walking by the corner of Main and Cross streets in downtown Georgetown, one may notice a colourful utility box covered in turtles, salamanders and fish. The work is called In Our Neighbourhood and is artist Jungle Ling’s way of reminding locals that their neighbours aren’t just human. “There are creatures here that can easily be…
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Pride Month has been over for about a week now, but that didn’t stop the Halton Hills Public Library from welcoming children’s entertainers Fay and Fluffy back to Georgetown. But one group was not so welcoming to the drag queens. About two-dozen protesters gathered outside the Georgetown branch to voice their opposition to Fay and…
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The colourfully-painted Bell boxes in Georgetown and Acton have no doubt turned the heads of those who pass by them. One of the latest contributors to the Town-initiated project is Mississauga artist Joanne Feely DeGraaf. Her work, called Wild Water’s Edge, can be found on Acton’s Queen Street between the LCBO and the Shopper’s Drug…
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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… NASA? While the town is a destination for a diverse set of visitors, yesterday (Aug. 4) the humble municipality received a truly stellar guest. NASA817, a DC-8 aircraft dubbed the flying laboratory, flew an irregular route over southern Ontario, bringing it over Halton Hills twice. It passed over…