May 13, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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National Affairs

Whistle-blowers aren’t being deprived of anything
Claire Hoy
If there is one thing that almost 50 years in journalism has taught me it’s that journalists are no more - and no less - honest and trustworthy than anybody else. The same is true for their “confidential sources.” More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Universal bilingualism?

Something called Real Alternative is described as “a codec pack that can be used with any Direct Show media player”. The jargon is in English but I have no idea what it means. More...

From the Global Classroom

Reading between the lines

To function properly in this modern life, one must listen to what is not said. Lotteries are a good example. “One in three are winners”. More...

Jones, Elliott grill minister on CAS budgets

Dufferin-Caledon MPP Sylvia Jones and Christine Elliott (PC, Whitby- Oshawa) questioned the Minister of Children and Youth Services Tuesday on an application for judicial review that was filed last week in London by 11 Children’s Aid Societies More...

Christian Perspectives

Fish who become sheep
Rev. Peter Scott

Symbols are very important in our Christian lives. There are a number of Christian symbols: the cross, the A & Ù the sign of the Trinity and the fish which is purported to be the first Christian symbol. More...

Queen’s Park

Dubious tactics in red-hot housing market
Eric Dowd

Anyone who ventures into Ontario’s red-hot housing market risks being burned, and there are more sparks flying around than governments have noticed. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Search for missing Melancthon pioneer, 91, was unsuccessful

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 14, 1885 More...