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The four local candidates on the campaign trail for the Oct 10 provincial election - Liberal Elizabeth (Betsy) Hall, Progressive Conservative Sylvia Jones, the New Democrat Party's Lynda McDougall and the Green Party's Rob Strang - are taking every opportunity afforded to them to talk to as many people as possible. More ... One of the most popular tactics used in politics is that rather than sell your ideas, you dump on those your opponent prefers. Witness the current referendum in Ontario, where advocates of election "reform" want you to trudge off to the polls next week and approve a proposal to radically transform the way we will elect our politicians in all future elections. More ... Francophones call Thanksgiving Day "Le jour des actions de grace". Reflecting on that, one is reminded that it is a day that tends to get lost in a three-day holiday. Many keep Saturday and Sunday by various kinds of overindulgence that leave little time for stopping to think about the things for which we should be thankful. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 3, 1907 • The jury empanelled at Caledon East by coroner Allison to inquire into the causes contributing to the disaster on the C.P.R. More ... What always promised to be a rough ride for the Progressive Conservatives in next week's election is becoming a train wreck. The opposition party led by John Tory has slipped to an average 34 per cent in polls, which are not infallible, but signs of its problems are everywhere. More ... Amajor cause of concern worldwide is the destruction of forests converted to agriculture, i.e. food crops or grazing. Environmentalists deplore the disastrous impact of clearing rain forests in the Amazon watershed, important areas of remaining rain forest globally. More ... In the early sixties my mother, in her last years of teaching first grade, would come home excited about her job. She pioneered an experimental program: individualized reading. Where the process had been to teach the class as a whole, always waiting for the slowest child to catch up, my mother spent five minutes with each child every few days. More ... "All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing: Alleluia!" Alleluia! Praise to God indeed! The words above were written by none other than the great saint, Francis of Assisi, whose feast day is today, October 4. I'll get back to him shortly! More ... |
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