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Now that the provincial election is over, I don't mind saying how I voted - and why. First, I voted "no" to electoral reform. Not only was it an inane concept, but I suspect the general population did not understand the question. More ... All things being equal, Roxanne Fernando's baby would have been about seven months old now. Unfortunately, both Roxanne and her baby are dead, beaten to death last February and tossed into a snowbound ditch in northwest Winnipeg, allegedly because the Philippine native, known as "Apple" to her friends, refused to have an abortion. More ... It's the weekly cry of all 'corporate slaves'. "Thank G-d it's Friday". Even on Thursday millions of people, except shop clerks and utilities workers, foresee their weekend emancipation. As the sign on one office wall read, "If you don't believe in the resurrection of the dead, you should see this place at 4.59 p.m. on Friday". More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 24, 1907 • Fall Assizes opened in Orangeville Monday before Mr. Justice Magee. G. M. Vance, K.C., of Shelburne, had been appointed Crown Counsel, but there were no prisoners awaiting trial, a fact upon which his Lordship warmly congratulated the County. More ... Defeated Progressive Conservative leader John Tory is receiving a lot of encouragement from many quarters as he tries to hold on to his job, but he will have trouble persuading his own party to persevere with him. More ... I am not a movie enthusiast. My dislike for the world of film includes video and T.V. (other than news, sports and documentaries!). My one exception was a show at the old International Cinema on Yonge St. below Eglington, which my brother and I took in many years ago. More ... As I walk in the door Theo stares at me with doleful, needy eyes - eyes that say "You can do anything. You can clean my ear with a q-tip, or reach that place on my back that needs scratching. You can open fridges." I wish he could be more specific. I don't know what the dog is asking for, or even if he is asking for anything. More ... When we give our hearts to Christ, when we accept his free gift of life, in reality our sinful past no longer exists: the atoning blood of Jesus covers our sin. God's word says, "as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us". More ... |
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