A marvellous high-tech opportunity
      As you might recall, the weather on New Year's Day was far from ideal. And that may be a good reason why most of the seats were empty that afternoon for a spectacular,
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Dipping Into the Past
Special train took district Oddfellows to Erin convention
      100 YEARS AGO Thursday, January 23, 1908 • A convention of the Oddfellows of Dufferin District No. 21 - comprising lodges from Markdale, Dundalk, Shelburne, Orangeville, Grand Valley, Hillsburgh, Alton and Erin - was held in Erin Thursday night of last week.
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Been there
      Whenever I drive through the village of Flesherton I do an 'eyes left' to acknowledge the former hotel at the main intersection. I usually turn right there and north again up through the Beaver Valley's romantic scenery. That is to avoid the boredom of Highway 10 as it drags on towards Georgian Bay.
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Time to 'blow them up and start again'
      There's an old saying that those who live in tin houses shouldn't be tossing can openers. Alan Borovoy, Canada's leading civil libertarian, should have considered that back in the 1970s when he led the charge to expand Ontario's human rights commission well beyond anything ever imagined by either Ottawa or any other province at time.
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A blunder from which there's no recovery?
      Many Ontario political leaders have made mistakes and recovered. But can Progressive Conservative leader John Tory? Tory blundered massively in the Oct 10 election by promising to fund private faith-based schools, which many voters felt would further divide students and the community.
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Poverty and the Fossil Fuel Crisis: One Potential Solution
      The Philippines present a microcosm of global woes facing mankind. Subsequent to a consulting role 15 years ago, I made a recent visit to evaluate initiatives planned to kill two birds with one stone. (Apologies for an inappropriate analogy by an ecologist dedicated to preservation of flora and fauna!!
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Round Up
      Beside me the young man stands in black pants and crisp red shirt with the store logo printed on his sleeve. I ask, "What makes the one for three hundred dollars better than the one for a hundred eighty?" "Uh... the one for two ninety-nine..." "Which one," I interrupt? He points to the price tag.
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The humility and openness of heart
      We read in Luke 23: 33- 43 that Jesus is placed on the cross and the Roman soldiers deriding Jesus, saying to him, 'If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself'. One of the criminals, hanging beside Jesus says, "Aren't you the Messiah? Save yourself and save us!
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