August 26, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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In my Opinion

Should Shelburne hospital be saved?
If Shelburne resident Ken Topping is correct, community interest in the former Shelburne hospital, or Shelburne Campus of Headwaters Health Care Centre, has waned, and the interest now is moving forward with a health and care centre (HCC) and recruit More...

Dipping Into the Past

Heavy white frost threatened crops in August 1885

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 27, 1885 More...

Queen’s Park

McGuinty trips up on martial arts

Premier Dalton McGuinty has changed his mind and will allow an alleged sport calling itself professional mixed martial arts (MMA) to be staged in Ontario, but it is doubtful he knows quite what he is getting into. More...

TOYS learning the art of sword play on stage

By CONSTANCE SCRAFIELD-DANBY Columnist

Lights up and play the music, Maestro, while the kids rush on stage to brandish their swords and make believe at battle. They might make it look easy but it is not. More...

National Affairs

A difference between legal, illegal immigration

Canada, as everybody knows, is a land of immigrants. More...

From the Global Classroom

Creatimg balance in life

Every subject has two sides. Reading an article on the advantages of living in the core of a city caused me some discomfort as an environmentalist. Arguments by those living downtown aren’t in dispute. More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Writing for peanuts

Many penurious writers say they work for peanuts. What follows is about Peanuts. More...