It is 4 o’clock in the morning, and I’m sitting before a keyboard looking at the blank…
Columns
Founder of Tamblyn Drug chain grew up at Belwood
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the death of Gordon Tamblyn. Today the Tamblyn name is well…
The millenials
Now that the baby boom generation is approaching retirement age and its successor, the Generation…
Governor General’s 1893 visit was a very big event
The British men who served as governor general of Canada in the era before Canadians received…
Santa
You’re not going to believe this, but a couple of days before Halloween, I got a letter from…
Tombstone musings
The week just prior to this writing, a friend of mine, who shows up whenever I need wheels, and…
Juglans
Ironic, ain’t it? The proper pronunciation of my heading this week reminds me strongly of the…
Hydrogen peroxide I
Although this article won’t appear in your paper until weeks down the road from the day of…
Hard-headed gardeners
Not often do I repeat what I have written previously. I believe this to be only the third time in…
Avoiding the bandwagon
A popular idea nowadays is to expand infrastructure spending. The view is that this would revive…
The new reality of job seeking
In view of the business downturn, young workers nowadays entering the workforce must contend with a…
Canada has a big productivity advantage
In view of newspaper headlines proclaiming that General Motors could cease its operations in…
Fergus natives formed social group in Toronto in 1890s
Thousands of people who grew up in Wellington County moved elsewhere in adulthood. Stories of some…
In tough economic times, thrift becomes popular
Despite the economic recession, discount stores have performed remarkably well. The profit gains…
Guelph Township man shot couple walking on railway tracks
John Hazle was not a typical British immigrant to Canada. When he arrived in Ontario about 1870 he…