The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Columns
To brake or not to brake
This month’s travel story deals with a head-on crash, a battle with an insurance company, and…
Not very meaningful
Our economy in North America depends to a great extent on official statistics, for the most part…
Guelph considered building a new city hall in 1907
Local history buffs and heritage professionals agree that Guelph’s old city hall is one of…
Preserved whale drew crowds to Fergus in 1936
Freak shows and and exhibitions of unusual natural phenomena were popular with 19th…
Discrimination
I finally got around to cleaning up my living room coffee table the other day. It was piled high…
Railways struggled to open lines after March storm
Last week’s column offered the first part of the story of the winter of 1908, and the storms…
Harvey trial involved embezzlement, murder, execution
Over the years this column has offered accounts of various trials in the history of Wellington…
Pilkington’s Fasken brothers were prominent lawyers
A large number of Wellington County natives have gone on to successful careers in…
Sam Robertson, of Hollen, sought living in Harriston
Last week’s column outlined the rise and decline of Hollen in the middle part of the…
Knox Church in Ospringe marking 150th anniversary
Several churches in Wellington County are marking a century and a half of service this year.…
Construction on dam seemed at times to be jinxed
Last week’s column took the story of the building of the Conestogo Dam to the fall of 1956.…
“The Schomberg Swindler” left a trail of victims
In February of 1907, a man arrived in Guelph with his wife, and, over a period of about six weeks,…
Remedies needed
In view of the extraordinary increase in oil prices over the past year, it is obvious that remedies…
A science academy
Currently we lack a science academy, something so beneficial for economic progress. Canada has…