“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mother often…
Butterfly time
This is the time of year that my Little Lady used to refer to as flutter-by time. She would often…
Woman shot Palmerston hotel clerk in 1933
One cool Monday morning of June 12, 1933, a woman with a pillow case filled with some personal…
Analyzing analysts
Nowadays on the television money channel throughout the day a prominent financial analyst appears.…
Lure of the Island
Just last week we returned from another trip to western Canada. This time we visited a son who two…
Busy times
Boy, have I been busy lately. It is fall time; it is country fair time; where the summer has gone I…
Elora woman left town after two-day charivari
The charivari, or shivaree, as it is usually spelled in southern Ontario, is a social ritual…
A surprising change
For many years the economies of Saskatchewan and Newfoundland lagged badly behind the other regions…
Before you vote, take note
Like it or not, we face another election. What factors will you use to make your voting decision?…
Fall is here
I like the fall weather. The only season I like better than the fall is spring, followed closely by…
Raid on a Puslinch still caused a barnyard furor
One of the curiosities of the history of alcohol consumption is that illegal distilleries…
A science academy
Currently we lack a science academy, something so beneficial for economic progress. Canada has…
Robbers
I was sitting at my computer early this past Monday morning answering a few accumulated emails. The…
Fall trees
Though fall is the time of year that most think of trees for their changing colour, and…
A new focus
Few would dispute that Canada’s neglect of the North has been shameful. Aside from Prime…