Rural pickup a waste? Every Wednesday morning a garbage truck and a recycling truck travel down my…
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Municipal surveys
For the public good While those of us who live in Centre Wellington might be a tad overwhelmed with…
Whack the mole
When my 2018 leather-bound agenda arrived in the mail, I felt like a child getting a brand-new…
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…
Lower the voting age to 16
‘Worth considering’ Voting is an essential rite of passage for any 18-year-old, but…
The short answer
I’m not proud of this. It doesn’t happen very often. I try very hard to be consciously…
Teamwork
Raising children is the most joyous and terrifying thing I have ever done. And that is why…
Organic waste pick up in Wellington
Take the initiative Before the election, the Liberal government announced it would try to curb…
Councillors voting themselves raises
Enough is enough Summer may be a slow time for the media, but regardless of the season, I think…
Witching hour
It happens most nights around 3am. The witching hour. Random and uninvited, it is the moment my…
Old Elora picture resurfaces
Every historian has suffered the experience of not noticing or overlooking an important document.…
Thieves hit Fergus stores twice in six months
One of the consequences of the widespread popularity of motor cars and improved roads in the…
Elora man was ‘Father of the Rose Bowl’ in Pasadena
Though it is not as popular today as it was 40 or 50 years ago, the Tournament of Roses Parade and…
Epic political battle preceded 1956 Harriston school
Most of the towns and cities of Ontario constructed new schools in the 1870s, and Wellington County…
1908 blizzards shut down roads and local rail lines
Ask oldtimers about severe winters in Wellington County, and most will immediately recall the…