Naysayers constantly claim that commodity prices are due to decline, and in fact, have not climbed…
Columns
County firefighters prevented several conflagrations in summer of 1929
The increasing skills and training of Wellington County’s volunteer firefighters in the early…
Salem and Lot 18 assessment values caused political stir in 1930
From the time Elora was incorporated as a village in 1858, the relationship of that municipality to…
Three strikes, out!
This winter’s white stuff came down in unlimited drifts, and this spring’s clouds of…
Birthday candles
It’s my birthday and despite all efforts to the contrary, I’m growing up (I’m…
Back to work
The Ontario Legislature began a (sometimes sweltering) summer sitting on July 2, with the election…
Lucky 13
It was the early morning of Wednesday the 13th that I parked my butt on the lean-back office chair…
History repeating
Is history repeating itself? Is there a story not being told? Hear me out and I’m sure…
Time passes
I am under the impression that time passes more quickly as one gets older. It seems like only…
No bacon jokes
I couldn’t tell you about Halloween last week because, well, it hadn’t happened yet.…
Veterans
Canadian Armed Forces members defend and protect Canada and Canadians at home and abroad. For their…
Optical illusions
Perhaps I’m losing it, who is to say? But lately I’ve been seeing things that appear at…
Round and about
Not often do I get the opportunity to crisscross the country as often as I have these past few…
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…