October 11, 2007 RSS feed / Columns

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With Your Permission

A time for giving thanks
Constance Scrafield- Danby
In many ways, it is a funny time of year: there is at one and the same moment, a winding down and a winding up. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Caledon jury finds roadbed was partly to blame for wreck

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 10, 1907 • After being out for over 3 1/2 hours, the Coroner's Jury at Caledon East returned the following verdict on Monday: "We find that the death of Robert Kerr and five other passengers on the special More...

Queen's Park

Single issue may have proven fatal
Eric Dowd

This was the only Ontario election in memory in which a party with a reasonable chance of winning threw it away by introducing a policy that voters found totally unacceptable, and the big question is why it did it. More...

Heart to Heart

The Christening
Eric Nagler eric@ericnagler.com

We had guests for Thanksgiving dinner: friends of my son, a young couple who'd recently moved into a new house and had been complaining about the needs and costs of daily life. A few half empty bottles of wine sat open on the table. More...

National Affairs

Not even hometown support for Dion
Claire Hoy

One of the most endearing beliefs that political commentators and others routinely cling to is that the general voting public, i.e. you, do not want an election. Ever. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Isaac Brock
William Bothwell

Major General Isaac (posthumously Sir Isaac) Brock (1769-1812) lives in the memories of long-time Canadians. Recent arrivals should also know his story. More...

From the Global Classroom

Innovative Beginnings
Doug Skeates

Many years ago the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources embarked on a revolutionary technology for growing nursery stock for reforestation purposes. Mack McLean, a seasoned research forester developed the concept of containerized seedlings. More...

Christian Perspectives

Who is the focus of Christmas?
Bob McLellan

It has been about a month now since I began the process of growing a beard. Some people will look and try not to notice or say anything. Others will comment and ask what it is all about. More...