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Christmas
Christmas once again comes rolling around. As you get older, it seems to come a little more…
Negative trends
Something is happening in the corporate world that has not taken place in this generation. Hitherto…
Opinions still differ on historic Elora Centre for the Arts building
The following is a reprint of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Ring true
I am not like other girls. You should know this by now. Sure, in the most fundamental ways, I have…
House of Cards
When I was a child, my grandfather taught me how to build a house of cards. One by one, I carefully…
Homegrown goodness
We get a lot of visitors here at WestWind Farms. Some are an hour or greater away who have phoned…
Milling – and its spinoff activities – were big business in the 1860s
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
July, baby
Welcome to the best month in the calendar year. I’d like to point out that two incredible…
Sin city
Look out Sin City. The Carpenter will be landing any minute now and he is unsupervised. Worse, he…
Chief Inspector Charles E. Romain shut down illegal booze business
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Think. analyze
Almost all families want their youngsters to have a post-secondary education. While their…
Kiefer – vampire
When it comes to Hollywood vampires, Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt did nothing to make me want to roll…
The Christmas party dress
He’s not even 15 years old yet, but I know for a fact that my son will to grow up to be a…
First of 50 Wellington newspapers published in 1842
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…