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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

NUMBER 16 EXCLUSIVE: The Secret Plans of the Conservative Party – Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty and Peter MacKay meet to discuss Tory strategy for the next election.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2011 You can read it here first. Number 16 has unearthed Conservative secret plans and the true reason why Prince ...
Saturday, February 19, 2011

Nicolaus Copernicus: The search for his remains

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011 Nicolaus Copernicus was a true Renaissance man and I honour him today on the 538th anniversary of his bir...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Justin Bieber, Glenn Beck and health care

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 I don’t consider teenage singing idols to be authorities on the great issues of the day. Nevertheless, I fee...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Kim Jong-il: It's the Dear Leader's birthday

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011 Oh joy!  It’s the Dear Leader's birthday. Yes, Kim Jong-il of North Korea is 70 years old today. The ...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Valentine's Day Quiz 2011

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011 If you’re in the mood for love, why not give Number 16’s ten-question Valentine’s Day Quiz a try VALENTINE...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Reflections on Love and Romance

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2011 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteratio...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Clear the track, it's Eddie Shack!

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011 Happy Birthday, Eddie Shack!  Eddie, who turns 74 years old today, played with the Toronto Maple Leaf...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Jules Verne: Man of Vision

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 The desire to perform a work which will endure, which will survive him, is the origin of man’s superiority over ...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

Eva Braun: The Woman Who Married Hitler

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011 Who was the woman who married Adolf Hitler and committed suicide with him in a Berlin bunker? One wonders how s...
Saturday, February 5, 2011

Robert Peel, founder of the modern police force

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Do you know why police officers are referred to as “Bobbies” in Britain and “Peelers” in Ireland? Sir Robert Peel is the man responsible fo...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Buddy Holly and his widowed bride

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2011 But February made me shiver With every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one m...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Before the Snowstorm

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011 Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to...
Monday, January 31, 2011

Reflections on the last day of January; High Park photos

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MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011 QUOTE OF THE DAY Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt tha...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2011 Of course I realized there was a measure of danger. Obviously I faced the possibility of not returning when I f...
Thursday, January 27, 2011

A Salute to Australia

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2011 In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair. From Advance Australia Fair , the national anthe...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Robert Burns and Haggis; Latin Quiz

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2011 Some have meat and cannot eat, Some cannot eat that want it: Bu we have meat and we can eat Sae let the Lord...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

All About Queen Victoria

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SATURDAY,   JANUARY 22, 2011 Some big events are scheduled in the United Kingdom this year and next. Prince William will marry Kate Middle...
Friday, January 21, 2011

Colonel Tom Parker: The Man Behind Elvis Presley

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011 And nobody told Elvis Presley what to do ‘cause he was a very strong person and we had a great relationship. And ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Barack Obama, two years later

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011 Two years ago today, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. He promised hope a...