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Mr. Giffen or Mr. G as I affectionately referred to him – made Meaford a special place for me
It was with great sadness, when I heard of the passing of one of Meaford’s Best today. I am fortunate to say that I had many special moments with Mr. Garth Giffen at the famous Giff-Inn… Garth’s sense of humour was intelligent in a way that left me speechless, and thats not easy. The happy [...]
Celebrating the Famous Meaford Scarecrow Invasion Volunteers – Community Builders Extraordinaire
Will Matthews ” The Scarecrow Theme Song “ It was quite the celebration at Meaford Hall for the famous “Meaford Scarecrow Invasion” volunteers, who made the 2010 version – The Best Ever! Verna Juniper made some of the Best Cake’s Ever The OPP Golden Helmets showed off [...]
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Are the Tea Partiers Being Taken for a Ride?
Even in an election season marked by more than the usual dose of insanity, Dinesh D’Souza’s Forbes cover story about Barack Obama, “How He Thinks,” marks a new low. You remember D’Souza—last seen blaming the left for 9/11, but best known for noting that “the American slave was treated like property, which is to say, [...]
Jane Fonda – My Life So Far – Beginning of the Relationship
I yearned for the “source of deliciousness,” in Rumi’s words, which for me means emotional intimacy and soul connection. We got there on occasion, Ted [Turner] and I (I remember each time vividly, when he would look deeply into my eyes and I felt we were truly connecting), and sometimes when that happened I swear [...]
How Rob Ford won Toronto – Macleans
In the weeks after Richard Ciano and Nick Kouvalis joined the Ford For Mayor campaign last spring, the two market researchers and conservative political activists launched into a series of interviews with their new, colourful candidate for the Toronto mayoralty race, plumbing the depths of Rob Ford’s past. “Is there anything we need to know?” [...]
Is the global financial crisis really an Inside Job?
What does it take to drive people to vilify someone, chuck them out their job and put in someone new? In the case of Toronto’s outgoing mayor, David Miller, it was a garbage strike, too many bike lanes, an attempt to squeeze out cars and boost public transit. Give or take a few political mistakes, [...]
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