July 16, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Christian Perspectives

Faith and fear
Rev. Peter Scott
Fear. We all one fear or another whether it be the fear of creepy crawlies, or water or just about anything. The medical term for fear is phobia and some phobias are recognizable for what they describe and others are not. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Looking at life and beyond
William Bothwell

It is not a favourite topic for mid-summer and holiday time but a former student broached it in a telephone call. More...

Queen's Park

Tories seek those who are mad at unions
Eric Dowd

Ontario's new Progressive Conservative leader is quickly off and running and in a direction that could bring him some easy votes in the 2011 election. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Postmaster says he has meteorite that fell on his farm near Perm

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1909 • J. J. Morrow, Perm's postmaster, says he has in his possession what he believes is the meteorite which fell in Mulmur township on the afternoon of June 29. "I was working on my farm, Lot 14, Con. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Our Barrier Free Access Campaign is ongoing and we are still accepting donations. The Barrier Free Access Committee wishes to thank John Dean, Donna Golden, and Charles Simpson for their donation. More...

In my Opinion

NLP: it's really nothing new
Wes Keller

More than 20 years ago, I wrote a review in the Lethbridge Herald about a presentation of something called Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) at a well-attended session at the University of Lethbridge. More...

National Affairs

Comparisons do a grave disservice
Claire Hoy

During her many years in politics at both Queen's Park and Ottawa, Hamilton's Sheila Copps was consistently at or near the top of the pack in two specific skills. More...

From the Global Classroom

Pork: Who needs meat anyhow?
Doug Skeates

I love the way the media reports events. A Globe and Mail headline, "All humanity urged to fight swine flu pandemic". Newspapers quoted a pig farmer bemoaning the impact of this latest crisis on pork sales. More...

Day Trip - Casa Loma

Adventure to Toronto's Castle
By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

At the north end of Spadina Ave., the beautiful towers of Casa Loma rise above the trees. More...