I think we’ve established by now, dear reader, that I think entirely too much about far too…
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Budget 2013
Last week, the federal government delivered the 2013 federal budget. Over the last number of…
Slumber party
The morning after my daughter’s slumber party, which involved 10 girls ranging in age from…
Changing the emphasis
All shareholders obviously want better shareholder values. While some decry the cult of shareholder…
Tornado partially destroyed infant town of Guelph in 1829
An account of a severe storm or a tornado has been the subject of a column in most years over the…
Hot and sticky
I am no longer one who enjoys the cold. I’m a lover of sunny, white cloud, blue sky weather.…
Job creation
Our Ontario PC Caucus has always maintained that jobs and the economy should be front and centre as…
Wayside thoughts
Not often do I steal words from a country and western song, but fact is fact: “I have nothing…
Investors’ best interests
As if it were not difficult enough to make money by investing properly, the situation now is…
Sobering thoughts
Most of us are aware of the irrational behaviour of the stock market. However, recently that has…
Honoured
There has never been a Remembrance Day in my life that has had a greater impact on me than the one…
A new model
Faith in so many of our major institutions has been shaken tremendously over the past two decades.…
Seriously
New Years Eve is kind of like your first date with a bad boy: you get all dolled up, drink to calm…
The 13th Man
I would like to sincerely apologize to my neighbours, particularly those with young children, for…
Colonel J.J. Craig was public school inspector for 48 years
During his lifetime in Fergus, James J. Craig of Fergus ranked as one of the best known men in…