April 24, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

Theatre time

Angles 'n' Attitudes

"All the world's a stage / and all the men and women merely players. / They have their exits and their entrances / and one man in his time plays many parts". More...

McGuinty's China policy a backward step

Queen's Park

Premier Dalton McGuinty has acknowledged he has mild concern at China's abuse of human rights as grudgingly as if his teeth were being extracted and some of his party's former MPPs must be turning over in their graves. More...

Tropical Canada?

Basic Black

Here's a want ad you don't often come across: FOR SALE: One tropical island in the Bahamas, 184 kilometres long by two kilometres wide, situated 80 kilometres east of Nassau. Terms: 99-year lease. Price: One dollar. More...

Anatomy of a miscarriage of justice

Random Reflections

Of all the cases I'd covered in more than a decade spend on the Globe and Mail's Toronto courts beat, none was more worrisome than the murder trial of one Rob Baltovich. More...

What's wrong with this picture?

National Affairs

Dewdney Trunk Road, we're told, meanders quietly through the picturesque Upper Fraser Valley, about an hour east of Vancouver, snaking its way through one of the most productive farmland areas in the country. More...

Charles McKeown unanimous choice of Conservatives

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 23, 1908 • Orangeville lawyer Charles McKeown was unopposed at the nomination meeting held in Shelburne on Saturday to pick a Conservative candidate in the upcoming Ontario election. Mr. More...

Repayment of Debt

From the Global Classroom

An interesting article about a 2007 tree planting project was sent to me. This was a 2000 tree effort by a small group of people attending a meeting in Sudbury. More...