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"We are really interested in taking Canadians and, especially people in the is area, to the northern wilderness," says Al Pace, the well known potter who lives just inside the Hockley Valley. "This was our 18th summer doing canoe trips, taking people of all ages to experience the far north. More ... We hear quite a lot these days about political correctness, and certainly there is something to be said for it. It means that an attempt is being made to be inclusive in the way we speak. It attempts to avoid words that are racist, ageist, or patriarchal. All very good. We don't want people to feel left out. More ... Come out and join us for Karaoke on Saturday Nov 21 with host Johnny Green from 9pm-1am. Members and guests welcome. Our Youth Education Officer wishes to thank all the schools and students that participated in the Remembrance Poster & Poetry Competition. More ... Trails are back in the news this week, with the release of a draft Dufferin "Active Transportation and Trails Master Plan," which will be on display this Saturday at Shelburne's Centre Dufferin Recreation Complex and on Saturday, November 28, at the Alder Street Recreation Centre in Orangeville. More ... For some, writing is their livelihood. They can be, barring receipt of a Booker Prize, a Governor General's Literary or a media writing award, persons of sorrow and acquainted with grief. For others writing is a passion that cannot be denied and, for still others, occupational therapy. Someone said all writers are failed conversationalists. More ... Last July, it took U.S. President Barrack Obama literally moments to conclude publicly that the arrest of a prominent black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates - a personal friend of the president - not only showed that Boston police acted "stupidly" but that there was racism involved. More ... Premier Dalton McGuinty must be wondering how he can recover from his breathtaking plunge in the polls, but he has a few things going for him. More ... Ripley was extremely adept at presenting truths in the form of outlandish statements and challenging the hearer to accept or otherwise. In that context the subject of global warming has proven to be controversial, economy versus the environment. More ... 125 YEARS AGO Thursday, November 20, 1884 • Dufferin County Council, meeting in the council chamber of Shelburne Town Hall on Tuesday, passed a motion that the Committee on Roads and Bridges "be instructed to consider and to report upon the advisability of supplementing a grant of $40, made by the County Council of Simcoe at the last meeting thereof, More ... Sitting in on the rehearsal early this week, I watched seven young actors involved in the upcoming production of A Christmas Story learning to work at their craft under the patient skill of their director David Nairn. More ... |
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