April 9, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

From the Global Classroom

Comfort Zone: Friendship

Thinking of relationships, I am reminded of a Canadian/US controversy over fishing rights in the Gulf of St Lawrence shortly after the Iranian hostage affair in the US embassy when the Iranian government held the American diplomatic corps hostage. More...

Queen's Park

Budget 'leaks' have become commonplace

Anyone around the Ontario legislature one day recently must have thought Barack Obama at least was on the premises. More...

Christian Perspectives

And the answer is…

You may have heard the story of two friends who met for dinner in a restaurant. Each requested a filet of sole, and after a few minutes the waiter came back with their order. Two pieces of fish, a large and a small one, were on the same platter. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Stratford sees slimmer Shakespeare season

The 2009 season at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada will feature only three plays by the world's greatest playwright, down from five last year. They will be "Macbeth", "Julius Caesar" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". More...

National Affairs

All it means is higher taxes - period

The late U.S. senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan once quipped that "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Death threat deemed not a consequence of his mental illness

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 8, 1909 • High Constable Hughes arrived in Grand Valley Monday to take Adam Harper to Orangeville for examination as to his sanity, on information supplied by different parties. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Watch for our lineup of events - Don't miss out! Friday, April 10th the branch will be closed for Good Friday. Saturday, April 11th will be our Weekly Darts; cost will be $4 per person. More...