Nova Scotia Students Gain New Deal The Provincial Government of Nova Scotia has signed a deal (http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20041207002) with the local universities that will cap tuition increases for the next three years with the promise of guaranteed increased provincial funding. While many students and student organizations cry for tuition freezes like this, they often neglect to… Read more »

Body Found In Iraq Not Hassan’s Dental records show that the body of a Western woman found in Iraq is not that of hostage Margaret Hassan. Foreign Office says that London still thinks she is probably dead. Hassan was kidnapped on October 19 as she was being driven to work in Baghdad, where she was… Read more »

WHAT’S NEW ON PRIMETIME THE AMAZING RACE Last week, 10 teams departed from Iceland and arrived in Norway where teams lost clues and sunglasses and totally freaked out in general. Meredith and Maria suffered the most from their inability to drive a standard transmission vehicle, and were eliminated from the race. This week, Kris and… Read more »

I no longer remember where it originally came from. It’s written in red permanent marker on a piece of yellow foolscap spattered with a couple of decades worth of spilled tomato sauce, red wine, oil and who-knows-what-else. For many years now it’s been committed to memory, and remains folded at the bottom of the kitchen… Read more »

Alone for the night, while my wife and daughter are away visiting family, I accept a friend’s offer of a free ticket to the opera. In the foyer, where the crowd mills about waiting to be ushered into the theatre, there’s a line-up for last-minute cappuccinos and wine. There’s a young woman with spiky purple… Read more »

Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Director: James Foley Adaptation: David Mamet Original play: David Mamet Actors: Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Johnathan Pryce, Bruce Altman, Jude Ciccolella. BRIDEY: Always did love this picture. Love it the more each time I see it. Wow. That jazz is so jazzlike as… Read more »

Though we seeded fewer acres this spring, May was still pretty tense. After 24 years of service, our IH seed drill was replaced by an air seeder. Buying a used unit only adds to the adventure. The usual pre-sale reconditioning didn’t happen at the dealership but rather over 2 or 3 days in our yard…. Read more »

Dear Barb; My friend has just been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. Until this year she has been a very active person. Now she seems totally incapacitated with this diagnosis. Is there anything I can do to help her accept and learn to live with this condition? Margaret in Mississauga Hi Margaret. I’ll try to give you… Read more »

From UFOs to possible life on other planets, this column goes places! Mars Mission is really a videotape of a United Nations presentation by speaker Richard D. Hoagland. Talking to the honorable assembly would be pretty cool for me but to a former NASA scientist maybe not. He is easily the most interesting speaker I’ve… Read more »