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November 29, 2007 / Columns

Christian Perspectives

Special Words

As a person who loves language, I am always intrigued when I hear or read an expression that perfectly captures something that I have thought or experienced myself. More...

Your Weekly Chuckle

By KEITH HUNTER

An antique is something your grandparents bought, your parents sold, and you bought again. More...

National Affairs

Senate change more democratic

It is not entirely unfair to describe Canada's unelected Senate as "a taskless thanks." Yes, the Senate performs many tasks, some of which are even useful, e.g. More...

From the Global Classroom

The End of Fossil Fuels - Global Considerations

We cannot escape the fact that fossil fuels, being finite resources, will run out! Our society depends on oil, natural gas, and coal, non-renewable sources of energy created thousands of years ago. More...

With Your Permission

If it had been a python, we'd have named him Monty

Colin's brother, Gerard, was up on the roof, sweating over the steep angle of the peaks, trying to get to the chimney to clean it. The roof in question is atop our recently rented house in the Hockley Valley. More...

Dipping Into the Past

County council voted a $100 honorarium for its 1907 warden

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 28, 1907 • Dufferin County Council has voted an honorarium of $100 to warden James Armstrong, of Orangeville, in acknowledgement of his services during the year. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Obiter dicta

It means, "things said in passing" - a good heading for any OpEd page column. Everything said in newspapers and other periodicals has a "best before" date and suffers from "periodicity". What follows is said in passing. More...

Queen's Park

No doctor shortage for cosmetic surgery

You may not be able to find a doctor to help save your life, but you can get one in a heartbeat to make your lips more kissable. More...

Heart to Heart

The Golden Compass

Ihaven't read the book but I intend to now that it's received so much free publicity engendered by the Halton Catholic School board. It has not been banned, despite some headlines I've read. More...