When Santa Moose first came to town nine years ago, the life-sized fiberglass statue was proudly paraded around town in the back of a pick up truck.[...]

The symbolic Olympic torch will be arriving in Norfolk County within a few weeks -- and in the process, it will receive a tour of our expansive municipality. The torch relay will weave its way through Simcoe, Delhi and Courtland on Dec.[...]

Another round of Trillium grants for Norfolk charities and non-profits announced this week will help the arts scene, minor soccer, and the development of a lakeshore trail.[...]

A collective of local quilters have been sewing the seeds of hope and faith for Canadian veterans. Using discarded fabric, Sewing Seeds, the aptly named troop of local sewers, have been busy whipping up homey quilts in the kitchen of a Waterford church.[...]

By the time this column is published, global leaders will be discussing climate change in Copenhagen putting this issue where it belongs -- in an international forum.[...]

if it's Christmas, you know chocolate's going to be on the menu. Chocolate is one of the most beloved and inspiring ingredients in any kitchen, especially around holiday baking season.[...]

Coming off a huge opening night win against the Simcoe Sabres, the Valley Heights Bears were a mere two points from seeing their record drop to .500.[...]

A long-awaited proposal for a second major development on the airport lands in Simcoe is finally ready to come to Norfolk council. Norfolk council will hear a proposal on Jan. 12 for an 85,000- square-foot building supply-home improvement centre.[...]

-Buildings belonging to Norfolk are about to get a new look now that the county is about to embark on a lighting retrofit program.[...]

An "emergency situation" transpiring in Port Dover will be receiving some life support. Norfolk council unanimously approved an engineering inspection of Misner Dam to be conducted following a public information session next week.[...]

Local steelworkers, their families and their supporters plan a protest tomorrow outside the Mississauga constituency office of Ontario Labour Minister Peter Fonseca.[...]

GIRLS Power Camp is gearing up for another great weekend and will take the opportunity to launch a new logo. "GIRLS Power Camp has been around for 10 years so it's time for a new image," Michele Crowley, health promoter at the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, said in a media release.[...]

If you want to find a project that shows how stimulus dollars can help a community in both the long and short run, look to Port Dover. Plans have been drawn up to give the lakeside town's main street a sprucing up.[...]

The supreme executive of Mocha Temple in London came to Simcoe this weekend to witness the installation of a new executive at the Norfolk Shrine Club. The Mocha Divan celebrated the event with their colleagues at the new Armoury building on Grigg Drive.[...]

Christmas at Norfolk General Hospital has always been a special time of year for patients, staff and community. On Christmas Eve 1923, William L. Innes, chair of the hospital's first board of directors, shared his dream with others by donating five acres where the hospital stands today.[...]

Christmas tree growers report brisk sales this year despite unseasonably warm temperatures and an absence of snow. While Mother Nature has not co-operated in creating the right mood for the season, she has made it a lot easier to get into a field, chop down a tree, and bring it out.[...]

An offer from Oprah Winfrey, an affair with a porn star and revelations of Tiger's systematic technique of luring women are the latest installments in the Tiger Woods' sex saga. But saddest of all are reports that Tiger privately called his marriage "a sham.[...]

The area's unemployment rate continues to improve and has dropped by a full percentage point in the past two months. It now stands at 11.2%, compared to 12.2% in October.[...]

DearRobin: I am so frustrated, I don't know what to do anymore. I work in a big office (about 100 people) and the people that I'm working with are constantly changing.[...]

A man facing charges in connection with an attempted child abduction made a court appearance on Monday. Craig Vannatter made a brief appearance by video link Monday morning at the Oxford County Courthouse but his case was put over until Friday.[...]