The recently announced changes by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)board should arouse the ire of all…
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Downton vs zombies
They say opposites attract, and after more than 20 years with my Carpenter, I would say they are…
Effective boards
For a long time directorships on corporate boards have been merely sinecures, rewards to retired…
An opportunity
For the past several years Canada was in the forefront of the globe’s major economies. …
Cutting down a huge elm tree in 1930 was easier said than done
Few people under the age of 60 will remember the elm trees that were an integral part of our local…
Elora native Fred Jacob’s second book was published posthumously
Almost a decade ago this column took a look at a novel written in the 1920s by an old Elora boy,…
Always busy
Most of us believe that if we were to become wealthy, we would have much more leisure time. Those…
Highway departments undertook paving despite 1930 Depression
This column has touched on the subject of highway and road improvements during the 1920s several…
Queen of the castle
You know, sometimes I wonder how the Carpenter manages to control his manly urges when he’s…
Egremont farmer blamed hobo for burning his barn in 1930
Several columns over the past few months have dealt with an epidemic of barn fires in Wellington…
Fallen leaves
Oh, isn’t it fun kicking up leaves? Yep! But it’s not so much fun raking them up,…
Slap shot
The hockey boards are up in the backyard, Christmas lights are strung on poles high above, and my…
Ghoulish discovery of bodies in 1949 Mount Forest house fire
At about 10am on the morning of Friday, January 7, 1949 the Mount Forest volunteer fire brigade…
Ice cold
The Carpenter and I have been together a long time and, to his credit, he marks rather high on the…
Elora principal George Edgcumbe ended his career in disgrace
Members of Elora’s High School Board did not know much about George Edgcumbe when they hired…