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Did they invent heavy metal? Well, while it would be unfair to blame them for something as dreadful as, say, Motley Crue, they were certainly responsible for the trappings, images, and even the excesses that came to be known as that much-revered and much-hated musical form. The difference is...

By: Fr. Colum Wright P.P. YOUR life is a journey ahead of you. Each day is a new beginning. Remember that yesterday is a friend who will guide you. There will be good times and there will be bad times. Cherish the good times; because they make life sweet, but be thankful also for the bad...

On July 24, 1965 the British journal Nature published an article that revolutionized the way we all understand the Earth. The paper was written by the Canadian scientist John Tuzo Wilson, a man gifted with stunning vitality and extraordinary intuition. Scientific American called Wilson’s...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A woman who experts said has a rare mental disorder has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after admitting she injected fecal matter into her infant daughter. Sarena Sherrard, 31, pleaded guilty Tuesday to child abuse charges. Two mental health care providers...

I AM THANKFUL: FOR THE WIFE WHO SAYS IT'S HOT DOGS TONIGHT, BECAUSE SHE IS HOME WITH ME, AND NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE. FOR THE HUSBAND WHO IS ON THE SOFA BEING A COUCH POTATOE, BECAUSE HE IS HOME WITH ME AND NOT OUT AT THE BARS. FOR THE TEENAGER WHO IS COMPLAINING ABOUT DOING DISHES...

Where Have All the Real Men Gone? "Andrea" told me about a recent date with a young Catholic fellow she met at Theology on Tap. "We had a great conversation over dinner. We had a lot in common, and we were getting along really well." As they were leaving the...

By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent THE Pope is taking steps to revive the ancient tradition of the Latin Tridentine Mass in Catholic churches worldwide, according to sources in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI is understood to have signed a universal indult — or permission — for...

Crumbling Foundations: Why the Family Unit Is Crucial to Civilization I believe it was Alva Myrdal who once commented that the two great sociological interests of the last two centuries have been the nation-state and the individual. Why? Because they were two new social realities that...

In a time when the news of labour "strife" is dominated by disputes between millionaire athletes and billionaire owners, history provides a useful perspective on a time when working people had to fight to work less than 12 hours a day. The "Nine-Hour Movement" began in Hamilton, Ontario, and...

"To choose time is to save time." – Francis Bacon Knowing the time in different places is not an issue today, but long ago it was a complicated matter. Communities used their own solar time, which differed by one minute per 18 km of east-west separation between communities, the later time to...

In 1886 Prime Minister John A. Macdonald had the idea of bringing the "loyal chiefs" – those who had refused to join the Northwest Rebellion – east. The tour moved by train through Regina, Winnipeg and then on to Ottawa and finally to Brantford, Ont, for the unveiling of a statue of the great...

"Fire, in the name of the Father! Fire, in the name of the Son! Fire, in the name of the Holy Ghost!" Louis Riel, armed with a crucifix, led his followers in the Northwest Rebellion, which culminated with the Battle of Batoche from May 9-12, 1885. Fewer than 300 Métis and First Nations people...

READ: Isaiah 53:1-10 He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities. —Isaiah 53:5 As images of burning rubble and frantic people flash on the TV screen, a reporter says, "A terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for last night's bombing that left 23...

The Formation of the RCMP The Dominion government's advertisement asked for volunteers "able to read and write either the English or French language" with "good antecedents" who were good horsemen. Across the Dominion, young men applied, craving adventure, their imaginations fired by James...

- - - On the dull, cool evening of February 3, 1916 there was barely a quorum of members in Ottawa’s House of Commons. The honourable member for Northumberland, W.S. Loggie, was droning on about the question of improving the transportation of fish. Suddenly there was a commotion...

On August 12, 1911 the Laurier government drafted and approved a remarkable document. The proposed Order in Council read: For a period of one year from and after the date hereof the landing in Canada shall be [sic] and the same is prohibited of any immigrants belonging to the Negro race...

“Auld Lang Syne” has aptly been described as the song that nobody knows, although it is universally the song the English-speaking world uses to bid farewell to the old year and to hail the new. The song nicely combines a note of conviviality with a poignant sense of loss, just the right mood...

John Slattery Reporting (CBS) NEW YORK The family of 50s songwriter, Julius Dixson, has filed suit against a Manhattan Hospital charging the elderly man died of neglect after routine surgery. Julius Dixson, Jr., 53, says there is no way his father should have starved to...

The Associated Press LEXINGTON - Three Lexington men have been arrested and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old girl in exchange for money the girl's mother kept to buy crack cocaine, authorities say. Jim Louis Finley, 28; Jeremy Joe Futch, 29; and Michael Eugene Roscoe, 31; have...

Canada plans to spend $31.8 million on rural development projects in the volatile province of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. About 135 projects will be funded by the Canadian International Development Agency, it was announced Tuesday at the governor's palace in Kandahar. Much of the money...