Even though farmers now total only about 2 per cent of the population, by most measures they are a…
Musings on life’s clutter
Every Christmas, I seem to collect a set of gadgets that I enjoy receiving, but rarely ever use. I…
Why? Why? Why?
Why have we allowed this to happen? Why have we let it spread; like wild fire out of control, clear…
Tragic hunting accident at Puslinch Lake in 1895
The Grand River Conservation Authority’s parks at Elora, Guelph Lake, Lake Belwood,…
What women want
Too few know what women want; that gap is critically important as they make up numerically more…
Continuing adventures of a humidifier
About eight years ago, I told the story of purchasing a humidifier from the local Home Hardware.…
The law is the law
Though the following was tucked into my chuckle bucket, from email received well before Christmas,…
Epic political battle preceded 1956 Harriston school
Most of the towns and cities of Ontario constructed new schools in the 1870s, and Wellington County…
Battle over Harriston school raged into summer of 1954
Last week’s column described the efforts of the 1954 Harriston Board of Education…
Working harder
Nowadays Canadians generally are working harder and for longer hours than at any time in recent…
Free speech
Sir Winston Churchill in 1946 said, "We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the…
Discrimination
I finally got around to cleaning up my living room coffee table the other day. It was piled high…
Good companies
Are big Canadian companies good citizens? That term encompasses many things, such as corporate…
When danger stalked a frozen land
When I was a kid on the prairie farm, adventure arrived on the ice-clad wings of every winter…
Early spring
Spring came early within the four thick stone walls that are part and parcel of the urban …