September 2, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

Queen’s Park

Not all former premiers get memorialized

Ontario now has a university library named after former premier Mike Harris, but when will it get around to remembering Bob Rae and David Peterson? More...

Dipping Into the Past

Erin’s lacrosse team ‘threw up the sponge’ in rain-soaked match

125 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 3, 1885 More...

Christian Perspectives

Our Labour – Serving God and Each Other

As we enter the last long weekend of the summer, our thoughts focus on a return to fall activities, children back to school, and unless we are retired, a return to a regular work week, with the memories of summer holidays behind us. More...

Angles ’n’ Attitudes

Things to come

“Coming events cast their shadows before”, wrote Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet and chancellor of Glasgow University. H.G. More...

National Affairs

Who exactly is the gun registry good for?

Some deceits are readily apparent. None moreso than the species arguments being used in a desperate attempt to save the disastrous two-billiondollar boondoggle known as Canada’s long gun registry. More...

Your Weekly Chuckle . . .

TOMMY: “I learned to count in school today. Listen – one, two, three.” MOTHER: “Go on.” TOMMY: “You mean there’s more?” More...

From the Global Classroom

LViewing Canada from Abroad

Looking back over 50 years, it was a very brave move, emigrating from Britain to Canada. Anne crossed the Atlantic to join me here, feeling that she was leaving ‘home’ forever. More...