Archive : 2013

Santa Claus is really a woman

  Santa a woman? It’s an interesting premise. Down through the years, it had never even crossed my mind. We get programmed by tradition — jolly, rotund, pipe, beard, etc., Santa was just always a guy, right? ...

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Is the English language a threat?

  English, having spread worldwide, is the next thing to a universal language. This might seem good since numerous benefits accrue to a common tongue. But not everyone likes the idea of English taking over the world.

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Human rights museum tour

  A jig-jagging ramp rising upward between floors made of near-translucent alabaster meant to invoke a pathway of light through the darkness. A brown-coloured poured-concrete floor that mimics the muddy bottom of a river. Volc...

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St. Andrew appeared to Angus in a vision

  Tomorrow, November 30, Scots celebrate their patron, St. Andrew. Andrew, St. Peter’s brother, was the first apostle Jesus selected. Some sources say he was older than Peter. Some say he was younger. ...

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Happenings on the December calendar

December goes by in a blur. It’s a month that disappears in record time.  Where does December go, anyway?  One minute we’re just starting to think about Christmas shopping, and the next minute it’s New Year&rsquo...

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Motion to abolish Canadian Senate

Manitoba’s NDP government is joining the Saskatchewan Party government in calling upon Ottawa to abolish the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate. Manitoba Attorney General Andrew Swan introduced the motion in the provincial legislature ur...

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