July 30, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Movies that both stir and shake

Pictures in cinema theatres (Greek 'kinéma' = 'motion') have been moving since the French brothers Lumiére made that possible in 1896. More...

National Affairs

A victim by definition - but not in fact

As a "black man living in America," Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. Has done rather well for himself. So too has Barrack Hussein Obama. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Record summer cold kept temperatures in '84 below 60º Fahrenheit

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 31, 1884 • The recent cold wave is one of the most extensive that has been known in summer for many years. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Our Barrier Free Access Campaign is nearing completion with the renovations and we will be holding an open house on Aug 19th at 2pm, please watch this column for further details. More...

Museum Matters

Weddings in Dufferin County

As usual, the summer months in beautiful Dufferin County have been busy with weddings. The local hotels and restaurants have been full. Big white tents appear and disappear in gardens and fields. More...

From the Global Classroom

Counting our many blessings

At the time it wasn't clear what the blessings were. Counting many rolls of pennies and putting them into coin wrappers after the annual road toll in Tottenham June 26th could be classed as a joy or as a chore. More...

Queen's Park

College links body language, health care

Ontario's next big revolution in health care will hopefully see more doctors smiling and shaking hands with their patients. More...