In the Community

One night a man came to our house to tell me that a Hindu family of eight children had eaten nothing for days. They had nothing to eat. I took enough rice for a meal and went next door. I could see their hungry faces.

The results of the senior centre's activities from October 3 to October 9 were: Bridge: (Friday) First Erskine Sandiford, second Berty Lou Dreis, third Jim Brown. Bridge: (Monday) First Berty Lou Dreis, second Erskine Sandiford, third Andy Dumba.

White fungi have invaded our property. Not only that, both the front and back yards are supporting daily-increasing yields of the things and I can't even pick them for dinner.

Tucked away in a corner of the former home of Calvary Baptist Church is a collection of rare pieces of memorabilia of "The Greatest Canadian", the late Tommy Douglas. The museum celebrates the life of the name-sake of the T.C.

Where is God in Iraq today? Where is God when prisoners are tortured and killed? Aleteia, a worldwide Catholic news network, recently shared a story that the niece of a nun learned that "Two nuns, two orphan girls and a little boy" were taken hostage

The results of the senior Centre's activities from September 26 to October 2: Bridge: (Friday) First John Whitell, second Howard Giroux, third Chris Diemert. Bridge: (Monday) First Joyce Hemphill, second Marion Brown, third John Whitell.

Thanksgiving 2014. Since we last joined hands around the turkey-laden table so much has happened in our world. Sadly, much of it has been tragic.

A woman gets onto a bus with her baby. The bus driver says, "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming.

I love words. My fascination with them began as a child and to this day, playing with them, kicking sentences around and arranging the shape of articles into an intelligent and thought-provoking commentary delights me.

I'm one of those folks who honestly doesn't mind filling out most surveys. Case in point: this afternoon I tackled a questionnaire dealing with the development of our community's official plan.