Reasonable limits This year businesses applying for the Canada Summer Jobs program will have to…
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Across the pond
His bags are packed. The passport is ready. Forms are filled out. The money is in the account. And…
Storytelling methods
Photos changed storytelling I started my journalism career with photography. One of my favourite…
Lucky kid
Three things you should know about me by now: I enjoy car rides, I like hanging out with my kids…
Political campaign texts
Tread carefully Before the provincial election on June 7, I received two text messages, one from an…
Balloon burst
The Carpenter’s birthday on Sunday was a quiet success, just the way he likes it, but it…
Wightman one of last independent phone companies
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Wellington Terrace seniors’ home opened in 1971
The last column described planning and efforts by county council to expand or replace the…
Be patient
Why some people have been successful investors, to accumulate more money than others, really is not…
A grandpa remembers winter
When I was 8, the snow raced ahead of a growling, snarling wind and tumbled in huge drifts behind…
Musings on life’s clutter
Every Christmas, I seem to collect a set of gadgets that I enjoy receiving, but rarely ever use. I…
Looking to escape winter?
The nasty weather of last week made me dream again of travel to one of the warm and beautiful…
Huskies
The sun shone brightly on the 12 acre hay field completely covered with well settled snow. It was a…
Marketing techniques
Nowadays the variety of consumer products on offer has exploded, not just from makers of branded…
When innocence and elegance meet
For my travel column this month, I’ll take you across a cultural divide. Early one Sunday in…