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Columns
Pike Lake a summer sanctuary for over a century
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Coroner’s jury blamed long working hours for 1906 wreck
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Municipal ATV bylaws
Clarity needed The use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on roadways is back in the forefront of local…
Voting tabulators
The tabulators are in This election saw the highest voter turnout since 1999. At 58 per cent,…
Major highways in Ontario were once toll roads
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Potter building repurposed as Kiddie-Kar factory
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Forgot. Forgiven.
He forgot our wedding anniversary. The Carpenter totally blanked. And guess what? I let him.…
Old time Halloween nights sometimes rowdy
Hooliganism and property damage at Halloween seem to rise and fall in cycles that are neither…
At long last
After eons of being treated as second class citizens (or worse), women at long last are being…
A grandpa remembers New Year’s Eve
When I was 10 on New Year’s Eve, I couldn’t leave the house. I sat in the padded chair…
Battle over Harriston school raged into summer of 1954
Last week’s column described the efforts of the 1954 Harriston Board of Education…
Bigger is not better
Until recently in Canada and the United States, the bigger retailers had a dominant share of the…
Media problems
There is a common lament in the media sector: circulation is either flat or declining slightly,…
Social divergence
A dramatic departure from the strictly positive course of the late 1990s and 2000s has been the key…