Perspectives

One has to feel a little empathy for the Graniteville residents who are trying to save the latest park area to fall victim of the 20/20 Vision.

One wonders how those stalwart residents of the GTA who so desperately wanted the gun registry feel about all the bullets whizzing around Toronto these days.

A friend was telling me the other day that he had heard a rumour that the American Military were not very happy with our decision to move their back-up NORAD station to the unsecured building above ground at CFB North Bay.

Somewhere from the archives I conjured up a picture of Marjorie Main calling to Percy Killbride, “Com’ an get yer dinner afore I throw it to the hawgs!” These two, Ma and Pa Kettle, were the quintessential hillbillies in the years of great silver scr

Compulsory swimming lessons for all Ontario Grade One students appears to be the latest political bandwagon to climb onto.

Interested in all things spiritual, I was shocked to read in a column by Christopher Waters that France had a projected surplus of wine in 2004 in the amount of 200 million litres.

Your intrepid correspondent had the opportunity to join the Warriors on their first campaign of the year.

In the arcane world of Canadian Health Care, understanding the system became even muddier for North Bay and area residents in the past week.

While waiting at the luggage carousel at Vancouver recently, I overheard two young Australians talking about their plans.

The release this past week of the ruling by the Supreme Court on the Health Care issue has Ottawa and many of the provincial capitals buzzing. Politicians were either in denial or in blame-pointing mode.