May 21, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

Pay no heed to those TV ads

As a Chartered Life Underwriter away back when, I was among the ethical life ones disgusted by claims espoused by another group of agents we referred to variously as "termites" and "twisters." They would tell the public that all their life insuran More...

'Give me that old time religion'

This is one of my favourite tunes, one that we used to sing in the car on long journeys. We made up verses as we went along. But the significant aspect was the title. The old time religion I think of as being one of action. More...

Leadership candidates have aggressive ideas

Candidates for leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party are coming up with some provocative and aggressive ideas that could set sparks flying and make the 2011 election more competitive. More...

The Mulmur Notebook

A Town Hall meeting was held at the Mulmur Township Office on Saturday, April 25th.,. Approximately 100 people attended. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Watch for our lineup of events - Don't miss out! More...

Mariatu Kamara - revenge is for the ignorant

When Mariatu Kamara was 12 years old, living in Sierra Leone, West Africa, she lived in a tiny village of 200 people. More...

The civilised art of dining

The selection, cooking, serving and sharing of food are the domestic activities that engage people more frequently and for longer periods of time than any others. More...

Obama shouldn't have been honoured

To hear U.S. President Barrack Obama tell it, both sides in the ongoing abortion debate should stop demonizing each other. "Open hearts. Open minds. Fair-minded words..." he said. How typical. Wonderful sounding rhetoric. More...

Election irregularities forced a new vote for Orangeville's reeve

Dipping Into the Past

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 20, 1909 • We venture to say there has been more pitching of quoits in Shelburne during the last two weeks than in any other place in Ontario. The exercise has been kept up from 10 to 12 hours per day. More...