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July 29, 2010 / Columns

Christian Perspectives

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Rev. Gord Horsley

Nowadays Church and how we do it is changing; the way we did things 15 years ago is not the way we do things now. More...

From the Global Classroom

Stewardship of water resources

Doug Skeates

There was an interesting interview with Alexandra Cousteau reported in the Globe and Mail July 17th (For a young Cousteau, every drop of water counts, Adriana Barton). More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Thoughts on a sandy beach

William Bothwell

Pencil in hand, a pad of paper on my knee, I am sitting in a beach chair as I write, pausing occasionally to look out over Lake Huron from the Bruce Peninsula. Will this be an army of words in search of an idea? More...

Royal Canadian Legion News

BY JILL BROYDEN Branch 233, Orangeville Donations for our August 7th Garage and Bake Sale can be dropped off at the Legion anytime after 2 pm. Pick a spot for your vehicle for $10. and display your sale items….. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Last troops returning from Riel Rebellion stopped in Shelburne

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 30, 1885 More...

Queen’s Park

Universities showing a bit more humanity

Eric Dowd

Ontario’s cash-starved universities are competing fiercely for students, and as a result are putting a little more humanity in their messages. More...

National Affairs

Despite tough talk, sentences stay soft

Claire Hoy

Talk, as they like to say, is cheap. Or can be. Particularly when it comes to judges giving the big tough talk to criminals, only to follow up by sentencing them to a slap on the wrist. Two recent examples illustrate the point. More...

Museum Matters

The John Reid family – II

Most well known of the Reid offspring were Dr. Hannah and Dr. Minerva Reid. These two, the ninth and 10th offspring, were respected and successful physicians, pioneers for women’s progress in the field of medicine in Canada. More...