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October 9, 2008 / Columns

Let me be blunt!

With Your Permission

Constance Scrafield- Danby

The upcoming election is historical for many reasons. Canada is at a turning point in its history and it is of paramount importance: Stephen Harper must not be given a majority government. More...

The Best's Just Not Good Enough

From the Global Classroom

Doug Skeates

Awell known quotation by Winston Churchill : "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." Funk and Wagnalls Dictionary defines democracy: "In its purest form, holds that the state sh More...

Two MPPs in race to succeed Hampton

Queen's Park

Eric Dowd

Ontario's New Democrats are in a race to choose a new leader that is almost a secret, but a couple of bolts of lightning have emerged from the obscurity. More...

A new look at some old Commandments

Christian Perspectives

Rev. Edward Bellsmith

Last Sunday I had an opportunity to speak on the Ten Commandments. For those who follow the lectionary, you will know Exodus 20, where they are found, came up last week in the readings. How powerful it was to study them in a fresh way. More...

Third candidate said possible for Dufferin in federal election

Dipping Into the Past

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 8, 1908 • Says the Shelburne Economist: "We wonder if there is another constituency in the whole Dominion in which a third candidate is being so anxiously and expectantly looked for as in Dufferin. More...

Giving thanks

Angles 'n' Attitudes

William Bothwell

We were kids in Sunday school, that weekly hour and a quarter, 2.45 - 4 p.m. We heard the traditional stories that took place far away in the Holy Land. More...

Atwood 'completely distorted' the issue

National Affairs

Claire Hoy

Author Margaret Atwood, no doubt, would be a famous writer even if the Canada Council and assorted other government arts boondoggles had never existed. More...

Hey buddy - forget something?

Basic Black

Arthur Black

You ever leave anything behind in a taxi? I swear the cab companies must install 'stuff magnets' under the back seat to suck your personal effects right out of your pockets. More...

Dr. John Brajkovich - bones and blood

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

As a boy, John Brajkovich lived in Caledon where he grew up knowing he wanted to be a veterinarian. In fact, Dr. John, as he is known, now has his veterinarian practice in Caledon Village, the very point in Caledon where he was raised. More...