August 27, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Nate Courthope and the spice boys

If someone were to ask what kind of nut could start a war, several possibilities might come to mind. Someone in Iran? Perhaps in Pakistan? Not many would think of nutmeg. More...

National Affairs

They've got the formula for eventual extinction

No matter how pathetic your marksmanship may be, if you try hard enough to shoot yourself in the foot, eventually you're going to hit your target. Take the United Church of Canada, for example. More...

Queen's Park

Columnist candidate often short on reason

No newcomer seeking election to the legislature in years has attracted as much attention as a newspaper columnist who is running for the Progressive Conservatives in a Toronto by-election on September 17, but this is not the surest indication of me More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Our Barrier Free Access Committee would like to thank Irene Jones & Eddie Hunt for their donations. Come join us Sat Aug 29th for Karaoke night with host Jill Phillips from 9pm to 1am. Members and guest welcome. More...

With Your Permission

Keeping it in the family

The population of Orangeville and environs is made up of extraordinary folk. More...

From the Global Classroom

Shrinking before our very eyes

It wasn't such a long time ago when Anne and I spent a few years on a forestry project in Kenya, half a world away. One notable memory was attempting a single long distance phone call home at Christmas time. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Suspended sentence was meted out by magistrate in 'pathetic' bigamy case

100 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 26, 1909 • A bigamy charge before Police Magistrate Patullo has developed some unusual and pathetic features. The accused parties were John Scott, a young Englishman about 22, and Jane Hazen, about 45. Mrs. More...