As the final touches are put on this publication and it heads off to press, little men and women…
Editorials
Quite a quandary
Canadians are off to the polls again – the fourth time in seven years. Voters we have spoken…
Paying the piper
It was not many years ago that reporters sat through boring insurance presentations at council and…
Procedural snags
Political correctness and its cousins, “openness” and “transparency,” are…
Join the club
Mapleton council faced a tough conundrum on Oct. 11. The purpose of the meeting, in part, was to…
Good luck with that
The prospect of a new highway cutting through another part of Wellington County brought back…
Rush to judgement
The wind farm issue that has now entered Centre Wellington Township as well as causing…
Terrorism in Puslinch
How many times have our mothers said, “Cut it out or someone’s gonna get hurt?”…
Commandeering public spaces
From time to time conflict arises around private ownership and a public space. Exclusivity often…
The work must continue
This Remembrance Day was unlike many others. Sunny skies and above seasonal temperatures greeted…
A fine kettle of fish
We have long maintained that the countryside would be far better off if it could distance itself…
Give workers a chance
Councillors in Centre Wellington nixed a proposal on Monday to support a county wide economic…
Empty your pockets
Little was said at the time, but we recall a decent reporter losing a pocket knife at a trial he…
An old fashioned renege
Once in a while we get around to playing cards with friends. It is a couple’s match,…
No need to wait
When trouble rears its head a call to 9-1-1 should result in prompt service. This is 2009 after…