Open Mind

OPEN MIND: Unlock your creative side

Paula Frappier July 4, 2019Columns, Open Mind

I recently attended a workshop on creative writing. The goal was to encourage taking time for…

Supervised consumption sites

Submitted June 6, 2019Columns, Open Mind

The opioid crisis is devastating communities and families across Canada, affecting all ages and…

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Editorial

Enough already

Friday morning at the county administration centre, a new warden and committee chairs were elected by their peers. It is an occasion we try not to miss.

More than two sides

Listening to Canada Post management and the union, one could fall into the trap thinking this strike is just another labour dispute. It is far more than that.

We have so much

Loading the last bag of groceries into the truck destined for the food bank a friend mumbled, “We have so much.”

Columnists

There is a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “If you don’t ask, you don’t get it.” I’m not sure that was Gandhi’s exact wording, and I’m not sure he would appreciate my use of the phrase, but I thought I’d test this theory out with my spouse this Christmas.

Reflections

By Dave Tiessen

Sometimes when I’m out and about and encounter a parent/parents with a newborn baby I “ooh” and “aah” about the beautiful child – what newborn isn’t the cutest baby in Canada? – then I ask if its their first one and how it’s going, and whether they are getting any sleep, etc.

Misleading 1894 personal ad costly for Elora man

By Stephen Thorning

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

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