The actions of the central banks, the Bank of Canada and the Federal Reserve System have a profound…
Lost Together
I’m certain that whole restraining order issue is now null and void, so I can talk about my…
Lucky 13
It was the early morning of Wednesday the 13th that I parked my butt on the lean-back office chair…
Highway departments undertook paving despite 1930 Depression
This column has touched on the subject of highway and road improvements during the 1920s several…
The wider gap
Inequality in Canada is rising, an unfortunate trend, creating a gap that is very harmful to the…
Rain, go away!
“Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day.” That was a childhood chant that…
Under the stars
I’m not bragging but, when Blue Rodeo came to town for Riverfest Elora last Saturday, they…
Barn fires added to problems of Wellington County farmers in 1930
I have remarked previously about the curious way fires seem to have occurred locally in clusters.…
Forecasting
This particular column should enable the general public to make economic forecasts, reliable…
The sweater
Another school year has begun, signaling the unofficial end of summer. For me that triggers a sense…
Stay engaged
One of the most important partnerships in government is the one that exists between the Province of…
Food chain
It was definitely an overcast sky – heavy mist still hung in shrouds over the valley –…
Epidemic of barn fires in 1930 stirred fire marshal
Last week’s column described a few of the series of fires in Wellington County in the summer…
Not abstract numbers
Commodity prices are not abstract numbers pulled out of thin air, but rather a very important…
Permission slip
Somewhere in the division of household labour, the responsibility of filling out all school…