From the middle of August until mid-September has been called 'the silly season'. Nobody quite knows why. The word 'silly' did not originally mean "foolish'; it meant 'carefree', something like the Scottish 'sauncy' (French 'sans souci'). More...
One evening recently 'The Agenda' focused on the pros and cons of Toronto as a world class city. The participants, two former Toronto mayors, an ex-mayor of Winnipeg and a current Toronto councilor presented analyses of Canada's biggest city. More...
Dipping Into the Past
100 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 19, 1909 • George Duke, of Mono Mills, engaged John Murray, a recent arrival from Ireland, as a farm laborer some time ago. On July 30, Murray took his departure without saying goodbye and the next day Mr. More...
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