November 19, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

Random Reflections

Filling in the missing link

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 th More...

Angles 'n' Attitudes

The pleasure of writing

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. More...

Queen's Park

Image of a caring government might help

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...

Dipping Into the Past

Station agent placed at Melville Junction after head-on collision

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 t More...

Equal Billing - IV

'That's why we rehearse'

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...

Christian Perspectives

'Not all change . . . is so positive

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. More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

Come out and join us for Karaoke on Saturday Nov 21 with host Johnny Green from 9pm-1am. Members and guests welcome. More...

National Affairs

'Downright dangerous selective political correctness'

Last July, it took U.S. More...

From the Global Classroom

Believe it or not

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...