What Is Intelligence, Anyway?
By Isaac Asimov – What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army, I received the kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that, and for two hours they made a big fuss over [...]
Kimberley Loves Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound
I’m a ‘farm kid’ from Proton Township – raised with 7 sisters in the high, flat farming country at the bottom of Grey County. Like many farm kids, my education and career took me away from my home community – and brought me back again. I made the decision to run for Liberal candidacy because [...]
Scatter the Cats in Concert
Scatter the Cats, five multi-instrumentalists who keep the Irish hearts, within us all, beating with ethnic rhythm…Banjo, flute, guitar, acoustic bass, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, much percussion…. They are regional favourites of the local folk festivals and will dazzle you with their passion and talent. Tickets: $15.00 each For tickets visit the Museum or call 519-538-5974 [...]
The Arctic seas are no place for hasty drilling!
Polar bears, walruses, seals, whales and ocean-going birds like eider ducks and loons call the Arctic Ocean home. Their survival in an environment seemingly so inhospitable is a wonder of nature. But as climate change continues unabated, these creatures – already facing a harsh environment – become some of the most vulnerable on earth. Incredibly, [...]
The Greatness of Your Own Life
Use every letter you write, every conversation you have, every meeting you attend, to express your fundamental beliefs and dreams. Affirm to others the vision of the world you want. You are a free, immensely powerful source of life and goodness. Affirm it. Spread it. Radiate it. Think day and night about it and you [...]
American Express pays clients to close accounts
By LINDA LEATHERDALE Here’s a surefire sign our economic woes are getting worse. Amid a growing credit crunch that’s crippling the world’s financial system pushing bankruptcies and loan defaults ever higher, American Express is offering its U.S. clients US$300 to pay off their balances and close out their accounts. A spokesperson for American Express Canada [...]
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Dear John, Zimbabwe was once one of the most promising countries in Africa with a thriving agricultural industry, one of the region’s highest literacy rates and a robust healthcare system. Today, the people of Zimbabwe are facing desperation.Twenty eight years of increasingly dictatorial rule by President Robert Mugabe have led to hyperinflation, food shortages and [...]
Province to fast-track wind turbine projects
ENERGY REPORTER Municipalities will lose the power to decide how close wind turbines can be to residential properties and environmentally sensitive areas under proposed green-energy legislation being tabled Monday. The new rules, a blow to NIMBYism, will also ensure that developers of wind and other renewable-energy projects get construction permits within six months. [...]
Wall Street’s $18.4 Billion Bonus
by MICHAEL SHNAYERSON After getting $125 billion in taxpayer bailouts, the top officers at Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, and three other banks agreed to forgo their 2008 bonuses. Now they’re awarding billions to their troops. Can government “ claw back” that money? On December 8, The Wall Street Journal reported that John Thain, the 53-year-old chairman [...]