“April showers bring May flowers.” So it is said and so it is hoped for, but by the…
Young West Garafraxa man died in gravel pit accident in 1924
Today the gravel pit industry is highly regulated, and new pits are licensed only after lengthy…
Union problem
Over the past few years unions in Canada have had little success in organizing non-union companies,…
Bent out of shape
There are two things I am absolutely certain of: karma will get me every time, and I cannot defy…
Common sense
The full-faced moon was coming up and the red ball of sun was going down as I rose from watching…
Groves tried unsuccessfully to donate hospital to town in early 1920s
Many people, in Centre Wellington at least, are aware that Groves Memorial Hospital was established…
A mixed blessing
Central banks almost everywhere, the Bank of Canada, the U.S. Reserve, the European Central Bank,…
Motherhood is enough
This won’t make me popular, but I admit that I don’t like Mother’s Day. I believe…
Bad budget
In the years I’ve been privileged to serve in the Ontario Legislature, I think I’ve…
Phenomenon of nature
Not often do we find ourselves so positioned as to see a phenomenon of nature that is perhaps…
Pay to county councillors was a live issue in summer of 1924
The salaries and allowances paid to county councillors have figured prominently for decades in…
Changing the emphasis
All shareholders obviously want better shareholder values. While some decry the cult of shareholder…
Breakfast
After years of unsuccessful date nights, the Carpenter and I are trying a new thing: date mornings.…
Chi-Chemaun
Blaaough-blugh-blugh! There just ain’t no way, any how, any place, that one can…
Hugh Templin persisted in attacks on county councillors in 1924
Last week’s column outlined some of the events in the 1924 campaign of Fergus newspaper…