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Thorning Revisited

Despite fame, Edward Johnson remembered hometown

Stephen Thorning March 25, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Edward Johnson sponsored music festival in 1929

Stephen Thorning March 17, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Isabella Sinclair was Elora’s first businesswoman

Stephen Thorning March 11, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Steele Bros. store: a Fergus institution for 84 years

Stephen Thorning March 3, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

News from the Mapleton Township area in 1880, 1980

Stephen Thorning February 24, 2021Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

The Methodist Church in early Elora

Stephen Thorning February 17, 2021Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Six snow storms battered Fergus, Elora in winter of 1947

Stephen Thorning February 10, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Anti-Semitic overtones to 1884 Peel robbery

Stephen Thorning February 4, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

During the 1870s, Max Simonsky built up a respectable business as an itinerant merchant, travelling among the smaller villages to the north and west of Guelph, with a stock of jewelry, watches, bolts of fine cloth, and some fancy clothing items.

Enraged Garafraxa man stabbed girl at barn raising

Stephen Thorning January 28, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

General store in Hillsburgh exploded in 1880

Stephen Thorning January 21, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Elora’s Geddes Street looked very different in 1882

Stephen Thorning January 14, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Maurice Halley ran Elora’s first bakery in 1850s

Stephen Thorning January 6, 2021Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Arthur Christmas Poultry Show held until 1943

Stephen Thorning December 30, 2020Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Arthur’s Christmas Poultry Fair started in 1915

Stephen Thorning December 23, 2020Columns, Opinion, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Roads dominated first years of Wellington County council

Stephen Thorning December 16, 2020Columns, Thorning Revisited

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

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Editorial

Big challenges ahead

Even with all the turmoil in Ottawa and ruminations from the U.S. president-elect about tariffs and adding Canada as the 51st state, we are lucky to be Canadians.

Kindness makes Christmas

This is a Christmas story, and not just because it includes Santa, but because at its heart it’s about one simple gift: kindness.

Merry Christmas

The world would be better off with a few more Charlies.

Columnists

Celebrating a late 19th century Christmas

By Stephen Thorning

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

Cookies

By Kelly Waterhouse

This Christmas, the gift that I’m most grateful for was not one wrapped and placed under the tree. Things didn’t make this holiday special for me; friends did. Kindness and inclusion are the acts that I will remember.

Snow pants

By Kelly Waterhouse

Dear Santa, I think we need to talk about what happened last Christmas. As you know, there was no Toyota 4Runner in my driveway on Christmas morning. I thought we had an understanding?