You might not know this, but I have an older brother. And when I say older, I’m talking much,…
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Still buoyant
Central to the outlook for the Canadian economy is our export trade. That accounts for just over 30…
Room to manoeuvre
In response to the financial crisis of the previous decade, policy-makers decided to take all…
Gratitude
So, I have been giving this whole gratitude thing a lot of thought as we head into another…
The virtue of sharing
At first glance it seems like a great idea for businesses to have employees participate in the…
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…