May 31, 2007 RSS feed / Columns

Queen's Park

Some departing MPPs will be missed

Any contest to pick the nicest guy in the Ontario legislature probably would wind up with Ernie Parsons as the winner. More...

Heart to Heart

What am I looking for?

I heard an interview a few days ago with the coordinator of a volunteer organization which sews and donates tiny shrouds and bonnets for stillborn babies. More...

Gordon Kirkland At Large

We Have Liftoff

My fifth book hits the stands this week. The last minute details are always stressful, making sure that everything is put in place ahead of the book launch. More...

With Your Permission

With music in our minds and hearts

June is such a splendid month. Summer comes rolling in and the good (warm) weather gets a real grip on our part of the world. More...

National Affairs

The 'absurdity' of position is 'breathtaking'

Of all the criticisms leveled by the media and political opponents at Conservatives, the most persistent is that they want to "impose" their "narrow" views upon the unsuspecting populace. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Visible language

Among other bygones I remember alphabet soup. Was that from my own childhood or that of my children - or grandchildren? I haven't seen that estimable comestible lately. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Snowstorm marked funeral for Dr. Lewis, Dufferin's MPP

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 30, 1907 + Dr. Frederick William Lewis, of Orangeville, the Conservative member of the Ontario Legislature for Dufferin, died suddenly at the Queen's Hotel in Toronto last Friday morning. More...