July 1, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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Angles ’n’ Attitudes

A border between friends
Morse’s Line, Franklin, Vermont, 95 km southeast of Montréal, is on the international border. Cows outnumber automobiles. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans a new ‘Checkpoint Charlie’ there. More...

Your We ekly Chuckl e . . .

By KEITH HUNTER

“I tried to keep my waterbed a secret.” “What happened?” “It leaked out.” More...

Queen’s Park

Next House will be missing a character

Ontario has few MPPs who are characters — those whose idiosyncrasies make them stand out from the crowd — and their ranks are about to be reduced even further. More...

With Your Permission

How fragile are our ‘freedoms’?

The papers are still full of reports about the aftermath of last weekend’s unruliness, and there are still writings about those people still untangling themselves from sudden and unwarranted incarceration. More...

From the Global Classroom

Give me a place to stand

Living and working in other corners of the world has been a fabulous experience. An interesting aspect of that has been listening to the views of so many people about how highly Canada is rated. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Plans mapped for troops returning from NW Rebellion

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 2, 1885 More...

National Affairs

Many feel summits were no waste of time

Here’s a question: In your own life, whether it’s business or personal, do you feel more comfortable dealing with people you know? Of course you do. Everybody does. More...