March 8, 2007 RSS feed / Columns

Legislature may get a room for prayer

Ontario politicians have been trying to dissociate themselves from organized religion for years and they are now being asked to give it a presence right under their noses. More...

I'm Going On Vacation. It's Time To Hit Me With A Big Bill

I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow, so we all know what that means. Something went horribly wrong yesterday. The furnace died. It made an odd buzzing sound every couple of seconds, but it would not produce anything resembling warmth. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Rail flatcar derailed, demolished wall of Fergus stone house

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, March 7, 1907 + A Fergus dispatch of Monday says: While a train of empty flat cars was backing down the G.T.R. More...

The great divide

Acentury ago European aristocrats living on inherited and industrial wealth and North American 'robber barons' enriched by railroads and oil were enjoying the life of la belle époque. More...

Hometown examples would have been better

Last week, to honor Black History Month, secretary of state Jason Kenney wrote a newspaper column asking Canadians to recognize the "heroic campaign" by anti-slave activist British MP William Wilberforce in convincing Britain to outlaw the African s More...

A Loving Community

It's early yet and the sparse numbers at this social haven't reached a critical mass where people step out of their inhibitions to chat, munch, and dance. More...

Attitude of the Heart

This is the time of the year the body of Christ rejoices over what our King, the Lord Jesus, did for us over 2000 years ago by dying on the cross for our sins and rising again on the third day which gives us hope. More...