Christmas as a Christian Challenge to Our World
A reflective meditation from Christmas 1975 on how peace and goodwill arise not from politics but from Christ who acts in human history. It argues Christmas upsets our designed life, calls for celebration with purpose, and invites communities to join in God’s action beyond worldly weariness.
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Canada
Henry Kissinger
Pierre Trudeau
Christ
Jesus Christ
Christmas Joy Amid Inflation and Hard Times
The article urges embracing Christmas joy through personal encounters, family gatherings, cards, modest gifts, lights, decorations, holiday plays and TV specials, and cherished carols. It highlights the season as an antidote to stress, encouraging an open mind and heart to the original message of hope and joy.
Dickens and a Christmas Carol revisited in Canadian column
The article blends notes from a manuscript at the Morgan Library on A Christmas Carol with Dickens’s life and characters. It contrasts the tale’s warmth with the author’s harsher voice, then shifts to a Victoria Canada column lampooning postal strikes and social issues. The writer shares opinions on aging, drinking laws, and Montreal’s crime year, closing with a humorous myth about human lifespans and a Christmas blessing.
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Morgan Library
New York
Dickens
Pickwick Papers
The
Old Curiosity Shop
Nicholas Nickelby
Barnaby Rudge
Tiny Tim
Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Cratchitt
Jacob Marley
Fred
United States
Canada
State of
Washington
Metals are Books A Study on Gender Bias in Textbooks
Dr Lorimer says books form a hierarchy with gendered roles where women and girls are depicted as hysterics and incompetence marks child characters as one dimensional. The study calls for teachers guides to counteract bias and notes policy is unconcerned, leaving teachers to seek alternatives.
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Dr. Lorimer
Lorimer
School Board Approves Multiple Bill Payments
The school board authorized payments totaling 53157 at this week’s meeting. Of this amount 45666.21 went to Wandys Construction for Tate Creek School and 6472.48 for renovations at Central Junior School. The remaining 1031.31 was paid to Killick Metz Field Associates for Tate Creek School.
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Wandy
Tate Creek School
Central
Killick Metz Field Associates
Tate Creek
Mineral values dominate Northwest Territories output
In the Northwest Territories metallic minerals account for 98 percent of total mineral value with natural gas and crude oil making up the remainder. Local news this week is described as positively nil with notes of uncertainty.
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Northwest Territories
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