A name is a name What’s in a name? That is the issue that Puslinch council is juggling right…
Columns
Trudeau’s ethics violation
Lesser of two evils The conflict of interest and ethics commissioner’s ruling on Prime…
Old photo offers glimpse of development of Elora
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Government funded childcare
Children are expensive MoneySense puts the yearly figure of raising a child in Canada at $13,366;…
Mother’s Day my way
I know Mother’s Day is supposed to be about my family doing nice things for me. But while I…
The proposal
One of the best parts of my job is writing for Wellington Weddings, a magazine dedicated to one of…
Eliminating burial plots to save trees
Burial plots needed There are not many places left in Fergus to bury the dead. With one undeveloped…
Bank holdup created excitement in Morriston in 1931
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
John Connon remembered for photography, history book
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Living longer
Almost all of us would like to live longer, and consequently, most make efforts to do so. As far…
Pine Siskin
Pine siskins (Spinus pinus) don’t often appear in urban gardens, so I was a little bit…
Just looking
The weekend prior to our first snowfall I took off to our son’s family farm, which is…
Year’s end
The just past year is coming to an end and the next just about to start its beginning.…
Free speech
Sir Winston Churchill in 1946 said, "We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the…
Country music
I’m back to listening to country music again. In my younger days, eons and eons ago, it was…