Not often do I get the opportunity to crisscross the country as often as I have these past few…
Columns
Pill pusher
I’m not a pill pusher or a pill pusher’s son, but I’ll be visiting pill pushers…
Why the difference
Most of us have noted that the sticker price of goods in Canada is much higher for the same things…
Fetch
My dog Scout is the best psychotherapist that I have ever met. No other bond in my adult life can…
An obsession
The current widespread trend of buying luxury goods has become almost an obsession, a curious…
Meeting mania
Nowadays businesses are beset by a meeting mania. Getting together with colleagues seems to be a…
Around and about
A couple of weeks or so just past a longtime friend of mine, once again, came up to see me. Neither…
Sold
The auction sale, aforementioned, in the swaybacked building at the end of the once-was Royal…
Payback
It should be obvious that a company’s relationship with its employees must be a vital…
Pay-as-you-go fervour
For so many things, governments in Canada, reluctant to raise taxes, are charging users with higher…
Troubled economy
A catalogue of ills besetting the Canadian economy presents a challenge to the new government in…
Fumbled
In case you didn’t know, the Seattle Seahawks are officially out of the NFL’s Super…
Tales out of school
It was late in the evening, about 9:30, on a Thursday, when my cell phone rang. I answered with my…
Easter in 1900 used traditions of past, pointed way to future
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Victoria Street bridge a landmark in the village of Elora
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…