Often I’ve been asked for a copy of a long-ago article that was written about something or…
Columns
Rising moon
Not many nights ago, as I left my birdie bungalow after checking them all for the night, I could…
Pay to county councillors was a live issue in summer of 1924
The salaries and allowances paid to county councillors have figured prominently for decades in…
Summer camp
As the school calendar draws to a close, I am feeling the panic of “now what?” For…
More needs to change
Recently, there have been heated discussions about women’s experience in the workplace and in…
Hot, hot and hotter
I am apparently a thermodynamic fanatic. The switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius has never turned my…
That’s Senator Kelly
I have decided the next phase of my life involves a career change. It’s time to put all those…
Judge sentenced two men to jail terms for armed robbery in 1921
Joe Davidson was a farmer who lived on the 12th of Peel, about a mile-and-a-half from Alma. On the…
Harriston’s Guthrie Church rejected use of Gaelic in services
In the 20th century the majority of Canadian Presbyterians supported the establishment of the…
Ticktock of time
The years they come and the years they go, with the ticking of each second of time persistent. Time…
Emmissions
The federal government has committed to reduce GHG emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by…
Happy New Year
By the time you unfold the paper you’re now reading, 2013 will have come and gone and 2014…
Generational gap
From time immemorial the current, predominant generation belittled the coming group of young…
Fond memories
Mid-afternoon, just after my noon snooze, I was sitting looking out the second-floor large picture…
Particular difficulties
Over the past few decades, urban areas grew wealthier and less crime-ridden, while house prices…