January 10, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

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Our Foundations Must be Built on Christ

2008 started with a stormy day in our region, is this a sign of things to come? Will it be the best or the worst year, will the storms of life pull us under, or will we stand on solid ground? Are our foundations stable and strong? More...

Dipping Into the Past

Local Option proved an easy winner in Mulmur Township

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 9, 1908 • In Monday's municipal elections, Local Option made a clean sweep in Mulmur Township, carrying every subdivision, the total vote being 461 to 198, or a majority of 263 for the bylaw, or 66 votes mo More...

Harper should explain why we're there

One side of a story is always a hard sell. Especially when it involves tragedy. And when there's no easy way to see the other side. Such is the case, of course, with Canada's ongoing involvement in the war in Afghanistan. More...

Revisiting the global classroom

To be able to go back on one's life is a remarkable gift. I was the recipient of Air Miles points, given by a close friend. Sophie owns a lingerie shop on the Danforth, buying her goods from all over the world via VISA. More...

Rev. Terry Thom - a new life in this New Year

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

For Terry Thom, his calling to be a minister was not, as he said, a "burning bush". It was a gradual realization that there was more that he ought to be doing with his life than working in the business world. More...

Now's the time for some reality checks

Glancing back in a 60th anniversary Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) book of memories, along with some other publications, I often chuckle at the plethora of compelling reasons why we should not drive motor vehicles. More...

Sneak peeks

Even those who do not keep a diary can seldom resist sneaking a look at that of someone else, given the opportunity. Here is a 'peek-amonth' into some of the journals that have been published. January 16, 1814. More...

'Family Day': a controversial con job

The biggest con job in recent Ontario politics - Premier Dalton McGuinty's announcement of a new statutory holiday, Family Day - is turning into a family-size row. The premier said in the Oct. More...

Inevitability

eric@ericnagler.com

Christopher, 5 years old, and I, 40, stood at the door of our ancient log house in the Ottawa Valley, gazing upon our 100 acres of hills, trees and rock. More...