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A new beginning
A new year, a new decade, and a chance at a new beginning; 2011 will be a year of decision. …
Genie in a bottle
It happened. I am not proud of it. The green-eyed monster reared its ugly head and sent me into a…
Food for thought
Though long late by the time this is published, and too late coming to me for encouraging…
Genetically modified foods
Genetically modified foods of any kind, whether they be plant or animal, scare the life right out…
Bragging
Well, folks, here I am, sooner than I thought, aching a lot and bragging a bit. It just so happens…
Bluebirds return
From out Rockwood way comes one of many emails telling me the birds are returning again and again…
Editors
If you have ever wondered why we need editors, a forwarded email from a reader tells me why.…
Seeing things
Mick Jagger, you said it best. “You can’t always get what you want. But if you try…
Downfall of a Garafraxa girl reported in Toronto paper in 1868
Weekly newspapers in Wellington County have tended to downplay or ignore stories of a nature that…
Royal Bank in Mount Forest was robbed in 1922
Two weeks ago this column featured a story about an unsuccessful bank robbery in Grand Valley in…
Push for municipal water for Erin village began in 1947
The construction and extension of municipal water supplies has been an issue for local councils for…
Freight trains collided at Puslinch station in 1909
A couple of months ago this column described a cluster of railway accidents in Wellington County…
Harriston Pork Packing Company organized in 1898
A business fad in Ontario during the years before and after 1900 was the pork packing factory.…
All signs point to economy in deep trouble
In view of widespread confusion, we need a new reality check. Too few understand our economic…