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Community, culture and Collingwood's future

There's an old joke that goes, "What's the difference between (insert a city name here) and a cup of yogurt?" The answer is, of course, that a cup of yogurt has culture. I first heard this with Calgary as the city, back when I lived in Banff. Not very flattering, of course.

Collingwood, on the other hand, has oodles of culture....



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A sappy Thoreau misquote becomes a viral meme online

I came across a quote allegedly from Henry David Thoreau's work, Walden, today, and it bothered me that it rang false. The attributed quote was, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them."

Humbug. What Thoreau actually wrote in Walden was, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet...



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Alice in Blunderland: A Review

If you haven't read the original books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, just stop right here. There's no sense in reading any further. I'm going to make...



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Buying a cultural centre

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Council has bought the former Cinema 4 building on Huron Street for $1.4 million. While that's a lot of money, consider that half of...



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