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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Farewell to the Canadian penny?

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010 See a penny, pick it up And all the day, you’ll have good luck I was taught that little ditty as a child. ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

George VI, The Accidental King

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY A fool must now and then be right, by chance. - William Cowper From Conversation {1782},...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Emily Carr

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should ...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Last Executions in Canada

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2010 "Some consolation." - Ronald Turpin’s terse reply after being informed that he and Arthur Lucas w...
Friday, December 10, 2010

Tribute to John Humphrey

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010 There is a fundamental link between human rights and peace. There will be peace on earth when the rights of all a...
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Number 16 EXCLUSIVE

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010 Number Sixteen has obtained secret tapes of a private telephone conversation between Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and...
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Remembering John Lennon

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010 I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak all ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Day of Infamy

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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2010 Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and de...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Quotes on truth; more palindromes

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. - William Blake ...
Friday, December 3, 2010

The Memoirs of George W. Bush; The Pillsbury Dough Man

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes i...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2010 How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My good...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Here's to Bonnie Scotland on St. Andrew's Day

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2010 Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valour, the country of worth! Wherever I ...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010 To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eter...
Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Photos from Las Vegas and Grand Canyon

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2010 This is my first visit to Las Vegas since 1994 and there have been many changes.  Several prominent Vegas hot...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Rod Stewart at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2010 Hello again from Las Vegas.  Rod Stewart put on a great show last night at Caesar's Palace.  It was the last...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

Greetings from Las Vegas

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010 GREETINGS FROM FABULOUS LAS VEGAS! Here I am in Las Vegas, the Entertainmet Capital of the World.  I flew here...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

Wilfrid Laurier and Immigration

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY We do not anticipate, and we do not want, that any individuals should forget the land of th...
Thursday, November 18, 2010

The Environment and the Canadian Senate

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 QUOTE OF THE DAY The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powe...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Prince William, Kate and the Catherines of Henry VIII

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2010 The media are absolutely buzzing about the announcement yesterday of the engagement of Prince William and Kat...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Louis Riel

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 He was a complex man, full of contradiction and angst, certainly, but what makes Louis Riel him so intriguing i...