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Thanksgiving 06

Thanksgiving 06

As friend Bill intoned our collective thanks to the Creator for the Thanksgiving dinner that included all the traditional fixings, from tame turkey to wild cranberries, to pumpkin pie with a side of chocolate birthday cake, my mind wandered (as it is
Red Herring

Red Herring

After listening to and reading of the success of the Heritage Festival, I am wondering if we are being subjected to the old ‘red herring’ ploy.
Branding

Branding

Listening to a panel discussion on the importance of ‘branding’ to China’s economic clout, I harkened back to the municipal election three years ago.
Il faut tuer quelques amiraux

Il faut tuer quelques amiraux

Voltaire’s advice ‘Il faut tuer quelques amiraux de temps en temps pour encourager les autres’ may be a little harsh for today, but perhaps we need some housekeeping in our military leadership.
Vintage Racers

Vintage Racers

I met an interesting fellow while at the annual Runway Romp this past Saturday. He had just recently taken up the sport of Vintage Road Racing and it was his first trip to the North Bay event.
Chicken Feed

Chicken Feed

In talking to an acquaintance the other day about broken beer bottles on the street, we reminisced of the bad old days when we used to collect beer and pop bottles at the roadside.
Crikey

Crikey

Canadian TV watchers were no doubt shocked and dismayed at the news of Steve “Crikey” Irwin’s death. Irwin, the famed ‘Crocodile Hunter’, was killed by a stingray while working along the Great Barrier Reef.
Good for the Corporation

Good for the Corporation

Our group of avid golfers made an excursion to Orillia the past week in an effort to distribute our golf balls more widely across the province.
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

The reports from three opposition members coming out of the Middle East somehow struck a chord with the children’s’ rhyme concerning three blind mice who took after the farmer’s wife.
Warrior’s Gold

Warrior’s Gold

The small resort town of Huntsville was invaded on Saturday August 12. It was an invasion that the town expected, but nonetheless was at times overwhelming at Avery Beach on Hunter’s Bay.