February 12, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Christian Perspectives

Castaways of society
Rev. Edward Bellsmith
For those who follow the lectionary readings, you will know that the gospel reading this week is Mark 1:40-45. It is the story of Jesus having pity on a leper, touching him and healing him. As a result his fame spread throughout the whole region. More...

National Affairs

Sometimes it costs a little more???
Claire Hoy

Ever wonder why your taxes are so high? The main reason, of course, is that governments at all levels - and of all partisan and/or non-partisan stripes - are profligate spenders. More...

Basic Black

In search of intelligent life
Arthur Black

Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving And revolving at 900 miles an hour... Ah, Monty Python and crew, god bless 'em. Never encountered a gang of comics who made me laugh longer or harder than those loopy Brits. More...

From the Global Classroom

Starting the second period
Doug Skeates

Bridge is a unique form of recreation involving bidding, a strange form of communication. To open the bidding you are telling your partner "I think we can beat these guys" As an example when one bids 4 spades we are telling partner that "…. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY MARILYN MURRAY Branch 233, Orangeville

Watch for our lineup of events - Don't miss out! Our Next Friday Dinner will be held on February 13 from 5-7 p.m. Dinner will be stew. Cost is $5 per person. Come and enjoy a great meal with friends. More...

With Your Permission

Even a scientist needs to be loved
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin, 200 years old today. The CBC's brilliant and interesting Michael Enright had a chat with Darwin's great-great granddaughter, Ruth Padel, from London, U.K., on his Sunday Edition last Sunday. More...

Queen's Park

Recession may doom McGuinty Liberals
Eric Dowd

Ontario's economy is going down the drain and Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Liberal government could go down with it. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

History returns
William Bothwell

Ayear ago Robert Kagan, a veteran of the U.S. State Department, published The Return of History. The recently dominant U.S.A., he said, will not bestride the narrow world in the future. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Two murdered, two injured during attack in Melancthon farmhouse

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 11, 1909 • The Shrigley area of Melancthon Township was the scene of a double murder Sunday morning when a young man with a history of mental illness took the lives of two men and seriously injured two oth More...