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Last week I had the most incredible experience. I met William Paul Young, author of the runaway best seller 'The Shack'. I listened as he spoke about the development of the book out of his own life experiences. More ... Youth Education Officer is reminding everyone that the Poster & Poetry Competition is underway. This is normally done through their respective schools, but entries will be accepted at the Legion directly. The deadline for submissions is no later than November 6, 2009. Applications and rules can be found on the Legion website. RoyalCanadianLegion. More ... One thing can be said about our dearly departed, wannabe Liberal MP Garth Turner. He certainly has a flourish for the grand exit. Mr. Turner recently withdrew his candidacy to be the federal Liberal candidate in Dufferin-Caledon, apparently upset that the party didn't call a nomination meeting in the summer when he was the lone man in the race. More ... Andrew Horrall, an archivist and writer, has just published (McGill - Queen's University Press) a biography of Alan Jarvis, sometime curator of the National Gallery of Canada. Alan was well known in the Toronto art scene in the heady days of Painters Eleven and all that. More ... Remember when Premier Dalton McGuinty took over from Tory Ernie Eves and couldn't stop ranting about the fiscal "disaster" of the Eves-Mike Harris years? Remember the collective Liberal teeth-gnashing over the $5.6 billion deficit - which, in fact, wasn't really that high, but let's not quibble at this point? More ... One way to identify who matters most in the Ontario legislature is where they sit, and MPPs have shuffled around between seats a lot lately. The first moves were because the opposition Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats changed leaders, which led them to change their seating arrangements and indicated something of the pecking order in their parties. More ... It is satisfying to read about people improving their lives by personal effort or in other words picking themselves up by the boot straps. A story in the November issue of the National Geographic focuses on folk struggling, trying to survive on dry farmlands in northern India while in constant fear of drought. More ... 125 YEARS AGO Thursday, October 30, 1884 • The ballot to be used for voting in Dufferin today on the Scott Act requires those desirous of voting to make a mark in the form of an X after the words — "For the Petition" for those who wish to vote for the temperance Act and "Against the Petition" for those who wish to vote against the Act. More ... Regular readers to this column will know that I tend to "harp" on several recurring themes: budget, transportation, and provincial issues. Well, I actually have some good news that affects all three; what a pleasant surprise! More ... The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses. More ... |
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