by peter.ramsay | Jan 3, 2006 | Life Lessons
It was supposed to be just a flight training session with a series of ‘touch and go’ landings at a small airport in New Jersey. The flight instructor John Eberle climbed into the cockpit with Mark Sorey the student pilot and owner of the Piper Arrow 28. The two-seat,...
by peter.ramsay | Dec 20, 2005 | Life Lessons
Nothing was more important to Wayne Gretzky than what was happening at home in Brantford, Ontario. Yes, hockey is important to NHL’s all-time leader in career goals (894), assists (1,963) and in points (2,857). But when it came to coaching a game just a few hours...
by peter.ramsay | Dec 13, 2005 | Life Lessons
At the last minute, he invited five of his friends in to watch. One witness said Tookie helped the executioner find the right vein. Then the lethal injection was administered. From the time he entered the execution chamber until he breathed his last breath, 36...
by peter.ramsay | Nov 14, 2005 | Life Lessons
Ahmed, a Palestinian boy was playing outside his home in the town of Jenin in the West Bank. Nearby there was skirmish between the Israeli and Palestinian forces. The Israeli troops mistook the 12 year old boy for a suspected gunman. The child held in his hand a...
by peter.ramsay | Oct 31, 2005 | Personal Stories
Dale Robbins resides in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia with his wife Joann and children Jonathon and Sarah. Dale was employed by the Government of Nova Scotia for 28 years and for the last ten years of his career he served the Province as the Director of Administration, with...