August 13, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Christian Perspectives

Spirit opens to God's Spirit when surrounded by His creation
Ann McCallum
On my vacation this summer, my family camped on a lovely spot beside a river in a valley on the edge of the escarpment. It was a great place to hike, and I enjoyed long morning walks with my dog along the forested banks of the river. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Not that you were asking
William Bothwell

Politicians and preachers are well advised not to spend time answering questions that nobody is asking. There are, however, trivial questions that loiter on the back roads of the mind. Here are some. More...

Queen's Park

Conservatives may be straying too far right
Eric Dowd

Some Ontario Progressive Conservatives are uneasy with the far-right image of their new leader, but he is in no rush to give himself a makeover. More...

Dipping Into the Past

CPR passenger train was almost wrecked by poles left on tracks

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 14, 1884 • An attempt was made to wreck a southbound passenger train as it approached Shelburne Wednesday morning. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Come join us on Saturday Aug 15th for Karaoke with host Neal Welch, from 9pm-1am members and guests welcome. Sunday August 16th is our 14th annual Veteran's Day Salute. Beginning at noon, with the ceremony starting at 2pm. More...

With Your Permission

Clothes maketh the man
Constance Scrafield- Danby

Up until this year, the shows and festivals where we have been busy selling our Celtic jewellery are the Highland Games and the Irish feis'. More...

National Affairs

Davis's 'abomination' needs to be corrected
Claire Hoy

Unless you're 50 years old - or older - chances are the name Bill Davis doesn't mean much to you. More...

From the Global Classroom

The Luxury of space
Doug Skeates

Do we, living in Canada, have any idea of how well off we are? I have a neat little book, 'Mini-world Factfile' (Bartholomew, 1993) which summarizes data on nations of the world, one page per country. Area, language, currency, religion, etc. etc. More...