The Province is turning up the pressure on meeting housing targets, and Halton Hills Council is feeling it. At their Sept. 18 meeting, council members were told by staff that the Town is falling behind on meeting annual housing targets. “We are at a disadvantage as of right now on an annualized basis,” Commissioner of…

While the Holocaust casts a long shadow across the western world, several educators are working to keep its tragic lessons alive, one school at a time. The Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center (FSWC) gave youths from Georgetown’s Centennial Public School a course in the Shoah on Thursday (Oct. 5). They were in Acton On Tuesday.…

One Glen Williams resident has fast become the go-to person for information about radon – a naturally-occurring radioactive gas that can seep from the earth into homes through small cracks. After John Lanthier’s daughter found large amounts of the gas in her house, he decided he should test his own living space. He was horrified…

The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) has received new colours. Georgetown’s Col. J. R. Barber Armoury was the site of much pomp and circumstance over the weekend as the local army reserve unit ceremonially paraded to receive and consecrate the colours. No less a figure than Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell inspected the troops. The…

Several new faces in the Halton Hills Fire Department (HHFD) family are on their way to becoming fully qualified. Eleven recruits were guided through their first live fire training day on Saturday (Oct. 28) – an important rite of passage in the life of a new firefighter. “This is the first time they felt the…