Tag: Books
I Speak for the fish: Sammy the red-nosed sucker
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of stop-motion animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, I Speak for the Fish columnist Kathy Johnson creates a whimsical remix of the classic holiday jingle. Check out her previous columns.
You know darters and daces and pickerel and gar
Catfish and chub and cisco and char
But do you recall
The most famous fish of them all?
What’s behind booming London Catholic school board’s budget deficit
The London regionâs Catholic school board is planning for a nearly $900,000 deficit as it pays for portables and extra school buses to handle âextreme growthâ in its student population. The London District Catholic school board is expecting a shortfall of about $883,000 in its 2024-25 budget year, down from the approximately $1.9 million shortfall […]
Santa gets a little help from his firefighter friends
Santa’s helpers were busy filling bags to fulfill Christmas wishes Saturday. Owen Sound firefighters have a store space at Heritage Place Shopping Centre which they’ve filled with toys, just like a toy shop. With each child’s wish list in hand, they went shopping for toys similar if not exactly as requested. Each bag will contain […]
Team Canada goaltender Carter George molds his mind to help tame an uncontrollable game
Peek into the mind of one of the Canadian Hockey League’s top goaltenders.
Islam: Who wins and who loses with Canada’s holiday tax break?
Shahidul Islam, MacEwan University and Subhadip Ghosh, MacEwan University The federal government is giving Canadians a temporary tax break by exempting GST/HST on certain items during the holiday season from Dec. 14 to Feb. 15. The tax break applies to clothing, footwear, diapers, car seats, toys for children, jigsaw puzzles, physical video games, consoles and […]