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http://www.thehaltonherald.ca/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=1101 Freedom of Speech is under Attack in Canada!

No French? No service! Global National Tuesday, February 21, 2006 (Global National image) CORNWALL, ON -- Shirley Ravary doesn't just cough when she catches a cold. She hacks. And after suffering a partial lung collapse a few years ago, a common cold doesn't just 'go away'...

Why Dogs Don't Live As Long As People... Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their little boy, Shane, were all very much attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined...

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay >his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he >was hungry >He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he >lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. > >Instead of a...

http://www.thehaltonherald.ca/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=6 It's amazing the on-line cultures that are developing across Canada. Canadians are truly becomming an on-line society. Town Hall sites are what Canada needs because of our distant and sparse land and isolationist lifestyles which is quite...

A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap. Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning. "There is a mousetrap in the...

The ONLY qualifications to run for ANY public office is being honest and knowing the difference between right and wrong. NO OTHER QUALIFICATION ARE NECESSARY, in fact ANY OTHER qualifications are IRRELEVANT for the job.

Governments in Canada have over the years attempted to claasify themselves as businesses. Things such as Government Corporation etc. being applied to things like Municipalities. What are people's thoughts on this novel concept as a way to look at government activity as being legitimate business...

Courts will rule on public's right to criticize city hall Cases focus on libel suits against citizens accused of defaming municipalities By JAMES RUSK Tuesday, December 20, 2005 Page 19 Today’s Globe & Mail The limits of how far a citizen can go in criticizing a local government will be...

Here is a scenario that could work: 1) A separate Quebec Nation. 2) A separate Western Canada Nation 3) A separate Northern Native Canada Nation 4) Ontario joins the USA as the 51st state in their union. 5) The Maritimes can become part of the State of Maine Lets hear some pros and cons.

Quebec or Canada? In a busy Parisian cafe, a tourist is sitting alone, enjoying a crème caramel. Another tourist approaches: Me sit here? No problem... Thank you, very nice... Are you on vacation? Me, I arrive yesterday... What country are you from? Norway. You...

I would rather live my life as if there is a God, and die to find out there isn't, than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.

There's some mighty fine advice in these words, even if you're not superstitious. This has been sent To you for good luck from the Anthony Robbins organization. It has been sent around the world ten times so Far. ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. TWO. Marry a...

Canada does not have an elected representation of the People. We have government that does as it pleases and we elected people to make us believe that it does not.

This has been kicked around in some of the threads here and I want to consolidate as many peoples views on this as is possible. I will start things off by transfering some of the posts left elsewhere here on this subject and see what the pros and cons are on this statement:

In Ontario we have a French Language Public School system paid out of the public school systems taxes. Actually two separate systems, one for French Catholics and one a non-catholic French yet but both fully publicly funded. Ontario has less than 200,000 francophone residents. These are not a...