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Columns September 10, 2009  RSS feed

Are you distracted?
      Recently I went to the hardware store to buy some particular item that I needed. After browsing through the store for a while, I arrived at the check-out with a number of items. I then had to stop and think - what was it that I had come here to buy in the first place?
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Royal Canadian Legion News
      Our First Friday Dinner will be held on Sept 11 and it will be Cathy Clarke's Famous Meat Pies Price will be $6.00 (All are Welcome) Tickets Available at the Bar. On Saturday,September 12th join us for karaoke from 9pm to 1am with host Johnny Green.
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With Your Permission
This time, let's get it right!
      The last time there was a federal election, last October, it was as a result of the spoiled brat, Stephen Harper's, calling it. This was in direct disobedience to his own law of imposing set dates for elections.
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Angles 'n' Attitudes
Neither do I 'go to church'
      Granby, Quebec, has a controversial new by-law that restricts noise on Sunday. Fines of between $150 and $1000 are aimed at "the minority of people who don't respect their neighbours", those who work on noisy building and repair projects on the first day of the week.
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National Affairs
Ignatieff is making a terrible tactical blunder
      For reasons known only to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and his close advisors, the country is about to be plunged into its fourth election in five years. Ignatieff, of course, declared last week that the "time is up" for Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government. "The Liberal party cannot support this government any longer.
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Queen's Park
Spending scandals seldom an election issue
      For decades, Ontario governments have allowed many they engage to live a high life on the public payroll, and at least until now they've been able to get away with it.
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From the Global Classroom
Sun Power Solutions
      Childhood games are more meaningful than one would think. I well remember the fun I used to have with a magnifying glass focusing sunlight on a piece of paper and watching it eventually burst into flame.
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Dipping Into the Past
Public meeting favoured Proton township joining the County of Dufferin
      125 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 11, 1884 • A public meeting was held last Friday evening in Dundalk to discuss the question of having Proton township annexed to the County of Dufferin. Many good reasons were advanced for the proposed step.
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