September 18, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

A Tale of Four Cities

From the Global Classroom

Arecent sermon on accepting change, focused on the demise of Jackfish, a town on the shore of Lake Superior east of Thunder Bay. During the era of the steam engine this was a railroad town. More...

McGuinty following a losing tradition

Queen's Park

Dalton McGuinty is trying to make himself a key player in the federal election, but he does not have enough of the right cards. More...

Is Jesus the only way to heaven?

Christian Perspectives

Some people say, "I am basically a good person so I'll go to heaven. More...

Plans announced to provide free rural mail delivery

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 17, 1908 • Postmaster General Rodolph Lemieux, in an address at the Laurier meeting in Niagara Falls Tuesday, announced a system of free rural mail delivery for the whole Dominion. More...

Reading it both ways

Angles 'n' Attitudes

The girls at Orangeville Insurance have made more than a few cracks in the glass ceiling of a maledominated business. More...

Ryan should have been commended

National Affairs

Election campaigns, like walking a gangplank, tend to focus the mind. Everything escalates to either a great political coup or a devastating gaffe, not only for politicians, but for the media too. More...

Don't judge a rook by its lover

Basic Black

When I Google 'homeless people' in my brain, my memory bank serves up two indelible hits. One of them is an incident that happened to me in 1983 in downtown New York. More...

Faiths in conversation

Following a successful "Faiths in Conversation" event last fall, the Joint Outreach Committee of The Parish of Mono and St. Mark's Anglican Church has organized a second event on Saturday, September 27 at St. More...