August 12, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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From the Global Classroom

Coping with nature’s extremes
In many ways this is a remarkable age. Technology has developed to such an extent that we have experienced a landing of man upon the moon and space visits to Mars and the other planets. More...

Your We ekly Chuckl e . . .

By KEITH HUNTER

PATROLMAN: “Let me see your licence. You were speeding.” DRIVER: “But officer, I was only trying to keep a safe distance between my car and the one behind me.” More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Our northern Tea Party

When Alice went down that famous rabbit hole she found herself in a long hallway. There were doors everywhere but all were locked. She walked apprehensively down the middle wondering how she was ever to get out of her predicament. More...

Museum Matters

Ada Clark Smith
By Cosette Pathak, Museum Volunteer T

The 19th Century saw great changes Dufferin County as waves of immigrants from England, Ireland and Scotland flooded across the Atlantic to establish new lives amidst its verdant wilderness. More...

Famous local tenor explains why opera is essential

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

The Opera House in Orangeville is full of students waiting for Mark DuBois to tell them why they should like opera. The lights go out and a spotlight brings Mr. DuBois on to the stage. The students all clap, politely. More...

Dipping Into the Past

Special trains, boat carried passengers to Owen Sound, Wiarton

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 13, 1885 More...

Queen’s Park

Premier slow to see a need to slow down

Premier Dalton McGuinty has let flattery by news media go to his head and failed to recognize that there are times when government needs to slow down. More...

National Affairs

Scaring a lot of people for no good reason

It was, of course, the famous late American humorist Mark Twain who once quipped that “the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Obviously, Twain wasn’t referring to the muchhyped 2009-2010 H1N1 Swine Flu “pan More...

Christian Perspectives

Heed the warnings He gives

For the last few years our family has spent time camping at Harrison Park in Owen Sound. Although this campground is located within the city, it is situated on the Sydenham River nestled in a valley along the edge of the Escarpment. More...