Local Heroes

Meet one of the driving forces behind Orangeville’s annual Celebrate Your Awesome event, a salute to pride and diversity in Dufferin County.

We salute three longtime volunteers with TeleCheck, a free telephone check-in service for people older than 55 who are living in their own homes.

A focus on essentials: Profiles of the folks who kept us all going in 2020.

Manager Lena Bruce, physician Charlie Joyce and nurse Darlene Fitzpatrick kept Headwaters Health Care Centre’s Covid-19 assessment centre going during the pandemic.

These four young women (plus one younger sister) were the moving force behind two crucial local social justice marches – one in Orangeville and one in Shelburne.

“At Belfountain Public School and beyond, teachers, principals, custodians and support staff got our kids learning again in classrooms and online.”

When the pandemic caused a spike in need, executive director Heather Hayes and a small army of staff and volunteers worked overtime.

With everyone stuck together at home during the pandemic, conflicts escalated and this team went into high gear to help new clients.

We salute the newly minted essential workers at Foodland in Caledon East and across our region for working overtime in the aisles for us.

People are at the heart of every story in our hills, and we can be proud of having some of the very finest among us.

Six women carry on a 20-year history of bringing exceptional, independent film to Orangeville.

This business owner helps people with disabilities express themselves through music at Tisho’s Music Academy in Bolton.