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Columns December 15, 2005  RSS feed

The big issue
     The election campaigning has begun and the three main federal political parties
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Child care, or ‘beer and popcorn’
     A merican business tycoon Bernard Bailey had this to say about conceit:
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Happy Christie-mas
     Although Canadian born and bred (to coin a phrase) and although I have spent most Advent seasons in this country, the week before Christmas always takes my mind back to England. One might think the reason to be Charles Dickens
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Ex-minister admits lying to legislature
     Cabinet ministers will be expected to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing
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Myths that Kill
     I watched Narnia last week. It
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Here We Come Re-Caroling
     S everal years ago, I rewrote a number of holiday songs to try to bring them into
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Deranged farmer killed family, then took his own life
Dipping Into the Past
     100 YEARS AGO Thursday, December 14, 1905  A property sold; a higherpriced property bought; a ruing of the latter bargain; an unsuccessful attempt to withdraw from the deal; a brooding over the matter to the point of insanity. This seems the only explanation available for the motives that actuated
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Oak Leaves
     Hello from the Oaks. Our month started off with a bus trip to Orangeville for residents wishing to do some Christmas Shopping. Residents who have been on the Bus tell me it rides smoothly; more space and the large windows make the views much easier to see from either side of the Bus. We also have a
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Waiting
     Waiting . . . we
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Royal Canadian Legion News
     It was a Regal Event for Branch 233 last Sunday. Over 140 senior citizens made their way by car, by bus or on foot to our John Street domain for our Annual Seniors Christmas Dinner. For 53 years, members of Branch 233 have been catering an A l l T h e T r i m m i n g s Christmas Dinner, free of char
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