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Chamber Celebrates Local Businesses at Community Awards
The Chamber held its 12th Annual Community Awards Dinner & Presentation this past Saturday evening. A gigantic ‘thank-you’ first and foremost to Shirley Keaveney and her committee for organizing yet another fabulous evening in honour of Meaford’s businesses, organizations and volunteers. The decorating subcommittee transformed the Meaford & St. Vincent Community Centre into a first [...]
Tom Clark to speak on “The Truth about Journalism”
COLLINGWOOD —The Georgian Triangle Lifelong Learning Institute (GTLLI) is pleased to present Tom Clark, Host of CTV News Channel’s Power Play with Tom Clark as guest speaker at its seventh Founders’ Lecture to be held at Craigleith Ski Club on Thursday, May 6th at 7 p.m. Tom Clark has a long history of covering politics in Canada and [...]
Scientists discover moral compass in the brain
Scientists have discovered a real-life ‘moral compass’ in the brain that controls how we judge other people’s behaviour. The region, which lies just behind the right ear, becomes more active when we think about other people’s misdemeanours or good works. In an extraordinary experiment, researchers were able to use powerful magnets to disrupt this area [...]
Collingwood council continues its quest to dismantle democracy…
By Morgan Ian Adams – … of course, I only want to say it before this guy says it, because you know it’s inevitable (he’s so predictable…) Of course, I’m referring to Monday night’s decision to accept a staff report from the clerk’s department to use the vote-by-mail system for this October’s municipal election (the bylaw [...]
INN Heroine of the Day and Always
Saudi woman openly criticizes Muslim Clerics A Saudi woman, who participated in a popular poetry reading contest in Dubai, openly criticized conservative and hard-line Muslim clerics for their religious edicts and restrictive policies. Dressed in a burqa, she simultaneously surprised and raised the audience to cheers with her verse and courage. Her reading has placed [...]
Earth Has Entered New Age of Geological Time, Experts Say
ScienceDaily — Geologists from the University of Leicester are among four scientists- including a Nobel prize-winner — who suggest that Earth has entered a new age of geological time. The Age of Aquarius? Not quite — It’s the Anthropocene Epoch, say the scientists writing in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. And they add that the [...]
Nortel pensioners deal rejected by court
A sad turn of events for the good people that helped build Nortel, to say the least – John What was in rejected deal Under the agreement, Nortel said it would: Continue current-service funding of pension plans until the end of September 2010. Pay a lump sum of $3,000 to eligible employees laid off without [...]
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