July 15, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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The Longhouse
In the beautiful replica of, or rebuilt, village of Ste. Marie Among the Hurons, near Midland, there is a Longhouse. More...

Your We ekly Chuckl e . .

By KEITH HUNTER

SHE: “You’re early! I told you to come after dinner.” HE: “That’s right. That’s what I’ve come after.” More...

From the Global Classroom

Haiti: So Near And Yet So Far

Many years ago as part of an international project in Kenya we attended a briefing acquainting us with difficulties to be encountered living in a strange culture. More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

To be or not to be

There are not many viaducts these days. Not by that name, anyway. They are now called bridges, causeways, skyways or (wonderful British word) flyovers. More...

Christian Perspectives

What does God say about racism?

In a recent Globe and Mail there was a great spread on a book that is now fifty years old, and going strong. To Kill a Mockingbird is still on our grade nine English curriculum, and long may it stay there. More...

Dipping Into the Past

CPR rules barred local stops for special trains with returning troops

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July16, 1885 More...

Queen’s Park

Lots of sources already for right-wing views

The surest sign a planned all-news TV channel will be a new and powerful voice for the political right — one of the biggest talking points in Ontario politics — is the way far-right journalists are rushing to defend it. More...

National Affairs

Do the Chinese really deserve his praise?

Michael Ignatieff should have a chat with Karen Patterson. Or - more to the point - should have had a chat with the Canadianborn woman during his recent visit to China. More...