February 2025 Archive

We should celebrate our very existence

I have a good story to tell. It’s not just my story. It may not be impressive, but it’s like many others out there – all of us in fact. Experts estimate that the odds of my (our) existence today is roughly one in 400 quadrillion. Yes, that’s a huge number – approximately the volume in cubic metres of the Atlantic Ocean. A Buddhist version of our existence notes that if there was just one life preserver floating around the ocean and only one turtle in the water, our odds would be the same as that turtle sticking its head out in exactly the centre of that preserver.

Churches hold ‘SOUPer Bowl’

No doubt many people will be watching the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 9 – Chiefs or Eagles?Did you know that there is another event happening ...

Victims urged to come forward in fraud investigation

Police are asking anyone who has come in contact with a King man to come forward and help them in their investigation.Investigators with the York ...

Nobleton Lions present Pavilons with Helen Keller Fellowship

With the creed, “Service to Others” in mind, the Nobleton Lions Club presented Mark Pavilons with the prestigious Helen Keller Fellowship. The award is given to Lions and community members for “untiring service,” and given “light in the darkness” and compassion to their fellow human beings.

Retiring Fire Chief Jim Wall given heart-felt send-off

In a sun-drenched dining room festooned with an array of balloons and accented with bunches of white tulips on navy blue table cloths, visitors filtered in to provide hugs, handshakes, gifts, and greetings to King Township’s retiring Fire Chief Jim Wall at the Waterstone Estate and Farms on Saturday afternoon.