March 9, 2006 RSS feed / Columns

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Spiritual Spring Cleaning

Rev. Johanna VanderSpek
As the weather warms up our thoughts may turn to spring-cleaning.We say to ourselves that it%27s time to clean those windows, the flowerbeds, the eve troughs, the garage, the basement, the closets and the cupboards, which are often full of things we More...

Lent, 2006

The Lenten season began as the final preparation for the baptism of adults who had been under instruction for many months. It is now also a preparation for the More...

Few journalists seek public office

Eric Dowd

The people who regularly advise politicians free of charge on how to do their jobs have More...

Choice

Eric Nagler

We just held a tender %27Introduction To Intimacy%27 workshop here in Shelburne, More...

Troublestan

William Bothwell

H istorically, Afghanistan is synonymous with trouble, More...

Monthly Column Edition: February, 2006

Orangeville Trustee (Upper Grand District School Board)
By Bob Borden

During the last school year, the Upper Grand District School Board underwent an extensive audit of its communication practices, both internal and external. Several members of this community were involved in the input sessions. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville

Branch 233 President Frank Lomack welcomed Zone E3 Commanders and representatives from all eight Zone branches to last Tuesday%27s Zone Meeting. More...

How about an 'APCBO'?

Lavinia Kerr

The death this week of Dana Reeve, the actor, singer and inspiring wife of More...

Deaths used for political gain

Claire Hoy

When then prime minister Paul Martin used the power of his office to commit Canada to a dangerous but laudable one-year military stint in Afghanistan, he didn%27t ask either Parliament or the Canadian people what they thought of this idea. More...

When Healthy Eating Isn't

Gordon Kirkland At Large

T hat will teach me. I should have probably known that if I tried to do something that More...

Delegation met with president of railway firm

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 8, 1906  The people north of us are becoming rather stirred up over the Huron and Ontario Electric Railway scheme now, and meetings are being held for the discussion of the scheme and what efforts should be made to hav More...