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Let's see now: there has been the Dufferin Youth Festival of the Arts, in which 17 schools from across the Dufferin County and beyond participated - not at all as a competition, but just for art's sake. During the festival, while visual arts played an important part, the main component was music - singing, playing, drumming and so forth. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 25, 1908 • A horse and buggy worth nearly $300, belonging to Allen Macdougall, of Hillsburgh, was stolen from the shed of the Alexandra Hotel in Orangeville Saturday. Later that evening Harry Thomas, hailing from New York State, was arrested and lodged in jail. More ... The Red & White stores were independently owned food stores in the days before the supermarket chains. As a youngster I got my first job in one of them at the corner of Bloor and Hallam Streets in T.O. In Ontario they were serviced by the National Grocers Co. Ltd., the Toronto branch of which was close by the St. Lawrence Market. More ... Has Liberal Leader Stephane Dion been missing the news lately? Did he miss the story last week about Magna International permanently laying off about 400 workers, or 25 per cent of its workforce at Formet Industries in St. Thomas beginning in September because of the impact of soaring gasoline prices on the auto parts sector? More ... Ontario's New Democratic Party has set some sort of world record for losing elections and the road is not getting any easier. The NDP, which is choosing a new leader after Howard Hampton announced he will retire, has a discouraging record since it started running candidates first under its previous name, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, in 1934. More ... Iget a great deal of satisfaction out of watching "The Debate". Steve Paiken's "Agenda" on TVO is always thought-provoking and informative. The program on Climate Change, June 9th, was an outstanding example, starting with an interview with Geoffrey Simpson based on his book, "Hot Air" (2007). More ... All big cities have their seamy underside and Toronto the Good is no different. The selfdesignated Centre of the Universe has its share of shysters, grifters, hooligans, hoodlums, gunsels and run of the mill, garden variety thieves. More ... An important message in scripture is one of forgiveness. Many know and can recite the Lords prayer. There is one line that says "forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us". But saying it and actually doing it can be miles apart. More ... |
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