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Woman married two men within days, became ‘grass widow’
Thorning Revisited by Stephen Thorning - 1949-2015
Dear 2019
Dear 2019, I realize you aren’t a person, more like a metaphysical concept, so let’s not get…
Largesse and apathy
It wasn’t a hot button issue and it received little discussion at county council, but those of us…
OPINION: Feds fall short on rural broadband promise
Failure to plan was cited by Canada’s Auditor General as the reason the federal government has…
News from the Mapleton Township area in 1952, 1977
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Post-Christmas syndrome
Post-Christmas syndrome is a thing. I have it. It’s the realization that the best holiday on the…
Reach for the sky
In a world full of turmoil, there is little certainty about what lies ahead in 2019. Dreams of…
Gas shortages, heavy bus/train traffic marked WWII holidays
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Fergus Santa
I met up with Santa Claus at a coffee shop in downtown Fergus a few weeks ago. He was holding court…
Home for Christmas
Everybody needs a place to call home, especially this time of year. Society has become far more…
OPINION: OFA still pushing for natural gas expansion
In early December, the provincial government laid out its approach to expanding natural gas access…
Few details survive about Glenlamond saw mill
By 1860 seven dams had been constructed across the Grand in the Fergus and Elora area.
Merry flirting
The censorship of the holiday song Baby, it’s Cold Outside has me a little heated. Before I…
Foresight lacking
It would be stunning, if not so entirely predictable. Just as they closed up shop early for a…