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Valdy tickets going quickly

Next up for the Centre is our big fund raiser of the year – Valdy in concert on September 17 at 8 p.m. Tickets have been selling well, specially since we discounted them until August 17. They will be $40 after that and we are expecting to sell out. So if you want to see [...]

Michael Moore on New Book ‘Here Comes Trouble’

      To read Michael Moore’s new memoir, Here Comes Trouble, is to realize that the lefty filmmaker has—for all his opposition to it—had a very good war. Before 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, he was a localized nuisance, a spur in the flank of corporate America, and a Pied Piper of far-left [...]

Western civilisation: A success that looks like failure

      THE two great issues of the age, Niall Ferguson believes, are how a handful of Western countries came to dominate the world, and whether their domination is now threatened by the rise of Asia. Not one to shrink from epic questions, Mr Ferguson, a British historian, has written a dazzling history of [...]

Don Marshall opens campaign office

Green Party candidate Don Marshall was in Meaford on Friday to open a campaign office and meet with members of his campaign team and the media. The Meaford office is one of several in the riding, including Owen Sound and Durham, and Marshall explained that by bringing the campaign to more communities more people are [...]

Remembering the Unacknowledged Victims of the 9/11 Attacks

  On Saturday, September 15th, 2001, two of our young friends were set to be married. The wedding had been months in the planning. The guest list was long. If you’ve been involved in putting on a traditional wedding with all the trimmings, you know how much work is involved (the venue rental, the caterers, [...]

The counterfeit culture – useful observations for understanding why collapse is inevitable

  Through a devolving web of greed, self-serving power and a departure from fundamental ethics, Western culture has, over the last hundred years, become the counterfeit culture. Nothing is real anymore — not the food, not the money, and certainly not the evening news. And because it’s not real, it’s not sustainable. That’s why it’s [...]

Vegas or BUST

Oct 15th, 2011, 7 pm – until your party feet wear out!  Blue Mountain Inn Collingwood, Ont Join in on the fun as only 1000 woman can! Ticket cost: $100. What can you expect the night of? Find out if Lady Luck is on your side in our Vegas or BUST Casino! You’ll be entertained by professional [...]