September 11, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

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C-H-A-N-G-E

Christian Perspectives
Maxine McLellan
C - H - A - N - G - E - a string of letters which, when put together into single syllable word, signal something or someone becoming different, the putting of one thing in place of another, substituting one state to another state, putting fresh clo More...

A sticky business

Angles 'n' Attitudes
William Bothwell

This writer has eschewed chewing gum for longer than he can remember. It is an abstinence to which he intends to stick. More...

A majority is Harper's to lose

National Affairs
Claire Hoy

The last thing Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants voters to think about leading up to the Oct. 14 federal election is just how close his Tories are to coming out of the thing with a majority. More...

So long CB, may you R.I.P.

Basic Black
Arthur Black

Last Saturday morning I found myself half way up the side of a mountain - not Himalayan-scale, but creditable. I wasn't swinging across crevasses or sucking on oxygen cylinders but I was up there, alright. More...

Now, a new reason to breed cattle!

In my Opinion
Wes Keller

Okay, all you vegetarians out there who believe that steaks on the hoof are eating up more resources than they replace, take comfort. More...

Reformers decided to field a candidate in federal election

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 10, 1908 • The executive of the Reform Association of Dufferin have decided to hold a convention in the town hall, Shelburne, on Thursday, September 17th, at 2 o'clock, to nominate a candidate for the Hou More...

Transition to the Bio-Era

From the Global Classroom
Doug Skeates

As we move beyond the fossil fuel age, one of the commonest terms we encounter in the daily media is "Biofuels". The prefix Bio is basic to biology, the study of life. A life story is a biography. More...

Premier may rue the day he dropped Peters

Queen's Park
Eric Dowd

Dalton McGuinty must be wondering if he did the right thing last fall when he dropped Steve Peters from his cabinet. Peters has come back to haunt him. More...

Finding their way in Canada

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

Six years ago, Mushtaq Arif and his wife, Aqiqa, came to Canada from strife-torn Kashmir. At one time, a reasonably peaceful place, in the struggle for independence from India and Pakistan, the troubles in Kashmir caused many people to leave it. More...