Over the past few years several of the municipalities in Wellington County have staged reunions,…
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Analyzing analysts
Nowadays on the television money channel throughout the day a prominent financial analyst appears.…
Ted
The obituary read: HOPKINS, Irvine Edgar (Ted) – of Guelph, passed away peacefully, at Groves…
Word play
Periodically I get in the mood just to play with words. This, at one time, irritated my Little…
Christmas 2008
To the readers of my column, I have long, long, been in arrears, In thanking every one of you…
Hiding
Lately, folks, I’ve been getting quite a number of e-mails, and phone calls; some from folks…
Thinking thoughts
What you are reading in this article is simply the thoughts of a thinker who has been blessed with…
A real economic possibility
For the past few months there has loomed the real possibility of serious deflation. That would…
The real cost
One of the biggest problems of our age is the real cost of food. All input items should be taken…
Notwithstanding horoscopes; birthdates can make a difference
Many of us read our horoscopes, perhaps furtively, in order to predict our future. While our date…
Palmerston native became prominent business leader
Stories of Wellington natives who achieved fame and fortune elsewhere have been featured…
The same old errors in economic policies are being repeated once again
Even though it has not worked in the past, we are repeating over and over the policy that has led…
Joyriding railroaders narrowly avoided jail in 1913
The Canadian Pacific station at Guelph Junction, near Campbellville, about 14 miles southeast…
Harriston hosted huge political rally in 1874
An important part of 19th century political life was the big rally. Those events were something of…
Pilkington native achieved success in California
The Wallace family of Pilkington has a long association with farming in that township,…