November 27, 2008 RSS feed / Columns

Basic Black

A-hunting we will go . . .

They call hunting and fishing 'game'. It's the only game where the other team never volunteered to play. More...

From the Global Classroom

Strategies: Social vs. Corporate Profit

"So only those who have collateral can borrow?" "This is our bank rule" "It's a silly rule. More...

Christian Perspectives

Life on earth is temporary

This past weekend, I had the privilege of taking 14 youth on an inner-city service project in downtown Toronto. More...

National Affairs

Harper's spending more than we can afford

Sometimes, the funniest comments are dead serious. More...

Queen's Park

Court ruling poses challenges for McGuinty

Dalton McGuinty is finding — like a Progressive Conservative predecessor, Mike Harris — that even powerful premiers are not above the law. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Those old toys

An ancestor bequeathed to us a 19th Century toy, a Noah's ark. Two of the animals were missing their mates. However, the rest of the passengers survived into the 1950s when, paradoxically, they all perished in a flood. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Noontime brawling said showing need for temperance

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 29, 1883 • Tuesday noon, Shelburne villagers were again treated to an entertainment consisting of obscene language, fighting talk, etc., terminating in one of the parties, who was drunk, receiving a very b More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Membership Early Bird Campaign commences September 1st and runs until November 30, 08. Dues will be $45. Time is running out! THIS IS YOUR LAST WEEK FOR EARLY BIRD. Come in and renew your membership before the end of November. More...