September 24, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Christian Perspectives

... is Patient and Kind
Bob McLellan
Brides and grooms exchange vows while expressing its eternal value. Automobile enthusiasts often have a brand loyalty that mimics it. Their attention to care and upkeep of their vehicle can be passionate. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Humanising education
William Bothwell

Foreword: This space prefers the verbal suffix 'ise', as in 'advise' and 'advertise', to the alternative 'ize'. Some may chastize it for that. More...

From the Global Classroom

Influence of Music
Doug Skeates

Amemory from long, long ago concerns my earliest introduction to music. This goes back to a regular music class in grade nine high school, a subject which provided little interest in my school life. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Pioneering paper celebrated by being 'both red and read'

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 25, 1884 • In commencing its second year of publication, the Shelburne ECONOMIST boasted that it had, for the first time, produced a newspaper in two colours, explaining that "on Monday last, the order ca More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Come out and join us every Thursday from 7pm to 11:30 pm for a Jam session. More...

With Your Permission

Pity . . .
Constance Scrafield- Danby

It was a dark and stormy night. In the caves. The monsters toiled and groaned with their labours, banging on the metals as they were ground and shaped by mighty wheels. More...

National Affairs

It's all about the dirty business of politics
Claire Hoy

One of the most telling signs of a demagogue is their ability to hear things that weren't said but that conveniently reinforce their own unreasonable bias. More...

Queen's Park

Sun's coverage of byelection a step forward
Eric Dowd

AToronto by-election has shed light on some of the key issues in Ontario politics, plus a less-discussed one that voters should care about. The Liberal win in midtown St. More...

Stitch and Share: a 'piecemaking' project

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

Singer/songwriter Lorraine MacDonald wrote a song for her mother about a quilt her mother had made for her that comforts her through cold and unhappy nights. More...