April 29, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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Angles ’n’ Attitudes 1837 and all that

William Bothwell
The Dufferin County Museum is sponsoring a series of Saturday afternoon talks that feature memorabilia from the 1837 Rebellion in Upper Canada (now Southern Ontario). More...

Queen’s Park

Ontario slow in dealing with some crimes
Eric Dowd

Ontario keeps patting itself on the back because rates for some types of crime are going down, but it has a long history of bungling investigations of serious crimes and still is doing it. More...

Your We ekly Chuckl e . . .

By KEITH HUNTER RIDING INSTRUCTOR: What kind of saddle do you want – one with a horn or without? RIDER: Without. There doesn’t seem to be that much traffic around here. More...

Encouragement in times of change

Rev. Gord Horsley

Things are not always consistent in life, but there are two things that I know are: “Change” and our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the same yesterday, today and forever. More...

National Affairs

Claire Hoy Federal equalization program IS broken Back in the heady days of the 1960s and 1970s, when Ontario was the engine that kept Canada’s economy moving, few Ontario taxpayers seemed to care how much cash was leaving the province to p More...

From the Global Classroom

Tourism Abroad (?)
Doug Skeates

Canada, the land of ice and snow. For many winter in Canada is the time to be somewhere else. Florida is a possible alternative. The Caribbean is even better. More...

Dipping Into the Past

County approved grants for new hospital, home for aged in Shelburne 125 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 30 , 1885 More...