Living as I now do, just west of Markdale, caused a little concern when I first heard that a bear…
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Elora’s W.O. Mendell revived attacks on county council
Earlier in 2013 this column carried a two-part account of the attacks on the conduct of county…
Lanky legs
On the Aug. 1 long weekend, I found myself out back of our workshop. I had plunked my butt on the…
Fergus council considered appealing a court decision in 1925
Through the years municipalities occasionally have been the defendants in lawsuits brought by…
Fall has fallen
Spring came and went, summer has come and gone, and fall has tumbled upon us. The methodical…
Winter is coming
I was sitting comfortably on my butt a couple of days ago, in a comfy lean-back chair, out back of…
Working together
In our minority provincial parliament, the moments of non-partisan cooperation are few and far…
Christmas 2013
The seasons they come and the seasons they go, and by the time this article is searched for and…
Hydro, humility, humanity
Christmas 2013 is one that most of us will never forget. The ice storm and the resulting hydro…
Kill or cure
I don’t know whether I’m just getting bitchy in my older years, or it could be…
Simply outlandish
Canadian investors increasingly have been engaged in a simply outlandish tactic: placing…
Auction sale
Last weekend was a fun weekend for me. We had a slight break in the cold winter weather and I was…
Read history
Do parliamentarians not read history? Are they not willing to learn from others’ mistakes?…
Spring is late
Spring is late; summer is on its way. It was the fifth day of May and yet it was the first day that…
True FIFA story
True story: Eight years ago I woke up from a coma in a strange room, in a foreign hospital and the…