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He had the wonderful nickname of Teddy Ballgame, and he was the greatest hitter of the modern era in Major League Baseball. Who says so? I do. He was Ted Williams.

He was a 19-time all star, a two-time winner of the American League MVP, a

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I was at Memorial University a couple of weeks ago for an event absolutely unrelated to that of which I write about today. I saw at Memorial at that time what is left of Burton’s Pond. That pond is one of the places where I learned to skate when

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When I was younger there was a much tougher religious regimen within the Catholic church. The season of Lent today in this year of Our Lord 2025 is still the runup to Easter Sunday, but it is simply not as demanding as it used to be. Fasting and abstention

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The late Pope Francis gets more than a passing grade from me. Actually, he gets an A+ in his rating for tolerance and understanding. It is not easy being Catholic these days. The church in recent years has been bleeding from really what are self-inflicted wounds. The things that

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On election day this year, like millions of Canadians, I dutifully cast my ballot. I always vote. So does my wife and my three boys. There is something not exactly holy but certainly “spiritual” about it all. It is a real privilege to be able to participate. I have

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Some weeks ago, I wrote about Canada’s victory over the United States in the final game between Canada and the United States in the “best against best” hockey series. Wayne Gretzky had come under fire for stepping on the ice as honorary captain of Canada when he wasn’t wearing

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I felt badly about the recent death rattle of Hudson’s Bay. The company sought protection from its creditors. An ancient store with its origins in the 17th century is going under. It was actually founded in May of 1670. The problems of The Bay, as it is commonly called,

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It was with tremendous interest and some form of satisfaction that I read recently that the great Harvard University in the United States was offering free tuition next year to students whose families earned less than $ 200,000 a year. In addition to that Harvard says if a family

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I’m an unashamed Canadian nationalist. I have travelled a fair bit over the years, and I know the respect the world has for our nation. I saw it when I lived in England. I also saw it again in France where I have visited many times. We have earned

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