For nearly 35 years now, the Drayton Kinsmen Farm Show has heralded the beginning of spring across…
Editorials
Volunteer week
Volunteers: the heart of any community. One of the great things about living in Canada is we have…
More questions than answers
The "Sunshine List" has been part of accountability reporting since 1996 and yields few surprises…
Let”s celebrate
Next Tuesday the latest opening of a refurbished Carnegie library takes place in downtown Fergus.…
Drama queens (and) kings
It goes without saying people handle problems differently. What amounts to a catastrophe for some…
Roundabouts
Wellington County’s decision to install a roundabout at the intersection of Wellington Roads…
A review is long overdue
Pressure continues to mount on local municipal councils as they examine budgets and attempt to…
Facts of life in dispute?
Ontario’s new health and physical education curriculum (And yes, that’s what it’s…
Solid information key to legitimate debate
It’s been a Newsy couple of weeks, as both the volume of letters and variety of topics…
Relief funding a disaster
It was a long time coming, but Mapleton has received, if not an actual cheque, at least assurance…
Farewell to a friend
Despite the frigid weather, it was difficult to type on Tuesday afternoon because my eyes were…
More pressing issues than speed limits
Word out of Queen’s Park that the province wants to reduce speed limits to 40km/h came as a…
Cultural planning
Mapleton is working on a cultural plan for the municipality and the township is hosting a forum to…
Where did those 30 years go?
The year was 1985 when 50 of Canada’s most famous musicians got together to form the group…
Fueling another crisis
Sometimes it really seems the average citizen simply can’t catch a break – or at least…