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November 12, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Lemmings
Constance Scrafield- Danby
The five men who ran the world sat together. It was rare for them to physically meet like this. Generally, their absolute control of the world was cloaked by the divergence of their public stations in life. More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

Who stands on guard?
William Bothwell

Since the first aboriginal people crossed the Bering Strait from Asia and their descendants made their way across the continent, to the time of the most recent arrivals, immigration has been basic to the growth and character of Canada. More...

Queen's Park

McGuinty facing prospect of a hard fall
Eric Dowd

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and Premier Dalton McGuinty now surely knows this well. The Liberal premier only a couple of months ago could do no wrong in the public mind, but now he is fighting for his political life. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Blind Artemesia man proclaimed innocence in his wife's poisoning

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 13, 1884 • Cook Teets, of Artemesia Township, has been sentenced to be hanged next month for administering poison to his late wife Rosanna Leppard last fall. More...

MP Sylvia Jones - Remembrance Day

Each year on November 11, we pause to remember the thousands of men and women who have volunteered to serve Canada in times of war. We are mindful of the sacrifices of past and present military members. More...

A Christian Perspective

In a small rural town a young couple had known each other since childhood. Now that they were mature adults they noticed that they still enjoyed one another's company. Their friendship grew. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY TINA MORRELL Branch 233, Orangeville

Come out and join us on Nov 14 for Karaoke with host Jill Phillips. From 9pm to 1am. Members and guest welcome. On Nov 14 the Ladies Auxilary is holding a Christmas craft and bake sale at the Legion from 9am -3pm. More...

National Affairs

Scrapped gun bill targeted the wrong people
Claire Hoy

It has been conveniently forgotten by the anti-gun zealots and feminist radicals in our midst that the madman killer Marc Lepine used a legallyobtained semi-automatic rifle to murder 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique on Dec. 9, 1989. More...

From the Global Classroom

Masters of the botanical world
Doug Skeates

The National Geographic usually contains at least one very interesting story on vegetation in some of the world's exotic locations. The frontispiece of this year's October issue showed a picture of an enormous California tree, a giant redwood. More...

A day trip to the Royal

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

"The country comes to the city!" is the annual boast of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, held at the Direct Energy Centre at the CNE in Toronto. The "Royal" is now in its 89th year, an institution, a tradition. More...

VOLUMES

News And Views from the Grand Valley Public Library
by Julie Van Alstine

The Library has started its annual silent auction. This is a great opportunity for patrons to get those special Christmas gifts and is an important fundraiser for the library. More...

Healthy Foundations

Eating Right
By Anthony Fenech

When we hear the word diet we tend to cringe and envision ourselves snacking on a mound of rice cakes and grass. This certainly isn't the case! Diet simply implies what goes in and what goes.....well you the rest of that adage. More...