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By Bill Fox/Columnist In a recent column, I mentioned that a buddy was thinking of retiring. Unfortunately, his mind may never be the same. Here are some examples: I found [...]

By Joel Wittnebel/The Oshawa Express If you blinked, you may have missed it. It was a short item slapped into the corporate services’s agenda on Jan. 18, and if it hadn’t [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist Occasionally, I join some retired teachers and some approaching retirement to have dinner. One friend is considering taking an early retirement, so I [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist Statistics reveal that about half of us will make resolutions for 2016, but only about eight per cent keep them throughout the year, and only 60 per [...]

My letter to Santa this year went something like this: Dear Santa, For Christmas, I would like a Toyota Sienna van. It doesn’t have to be a new one as long as it is not [...]

I sometimes get so caught up in Christmas shopping, especially the last minute variety. How about you? It sometimes can become stressful, and that should not be what [...]

The Internet is full of like-minded, peace-loving people trying to come to grips with what happened in Paris. Here are some to the best quotes I found: “As a Canadian [...]

By Jennifer Weymark/Archivist Many of today’s Christmas traditions, including Christmas cards, got their start in the Victorian era. Get a taste of what 19th century [...]

To say that things are bad in Syria is just as obvious a statement as saying rain is wet, or that the Toronto Maple Leafs aren’t returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs [...]

By Bill Fox/Columnist Even the very best people have had to endure terrible misfortune! Just ask Nelson Mandela, Jesus, or Ghandi. You must realize that life is not all fun [...]