Stephen Thorning

The promoters of the Arthur Junction Railway – a proposed line to run from near Goldstone to Arthur village and into West Luther Township – made a fresh effort to secure municipal aid in the fall of 1880. 

Generally, the mid-1950s was a time of optimism, as most people finally came to believe that the postwar prosperity was here to stay.

Guelph’s Winter Fair had reached the height of its importance as an agricultural show by 1904. 

For several generations, residents of southern Ontario marked the waning of summer with a trip to the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

Guelph police and the jail officials took no chances when they had Frenchie Bedard back in their custody. 

Back in the summer of 1921 three young men got to know one another as inmates at the Ontario Reformatory on the east end of Guelph.

Over the years I have been in the habit of making notes on criminal activity in Elora that I come across while researching other subjects. 

During the 1920s, Wellington County’s communities varied in their approach to the concept of a war memorial. Some charged full speed ahead with the project. 

Mimosa is one of the 40 or 50 old hamlets in Wellington County that, were it not for signs on the road and dots on old maps, would exist only in the memories of a few oldtimers and local historians.

Celebratory events are already in the schedule for 2004 to mark Wellington County’s 150th anniversary. 

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who passed away on Feb. 23, 2015.

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

During the 20th century, naturalists learned that it is a foolish and dangerous idea to introduce species of plants and animals to areas where they are not native. 

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…