We were plowing off Watson Road in Guelph, just south of the dump, decades ago now. Six cylinders…
Opinion
Stateside on Sept. 11
A bus ride to the McCormick Convention Centre in Chicago was a fairly somber event. The radio…
Saturday ritual
Like other communities in Wellington County and farther abroad, parents in Centre Wellington flock…
New information
There are a few phrases from the past that bring a smile to our face. One of our all time…
Ice cold lemonade
There’s something about a warm day and a cool product that draws out entrepreneurs this time…
Seeing another miracle
Two weeks short of eight years ago, two very special people entered our life. We shared that with…
Winter coats
Winter is here and with it comes the age-old relationship debate: why do women need more winter…
The glory days of the Grand Theatre in downtown Fergus
Way back in 2002 this column featured a series on the various movie theatres that have operated in…
Sanctuary
It is said that if you build it, they will come. I convinced the Carpenter to create a sanctuary in…
Jobs, ice storm and fill
Early in January, Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey released a very disappointing jobs…
Election time
Whether it be spring or fall, election time is hovering on the horizon. With more than 50 per…
Good news
Long overdue is good news in this column. After about one year of relatively dismal performance,…
Long overdue
After some time a boom tends to feed on itself, but momentum can carry it only so far. Pervasive…
Popular again
Where to invest is a problem, not just for the average individual but also for our pension fund…
Notorious outlaw Orval Shaw appeared in Wellington County in 1929
The increasing use of automobiles by criminals in the 1920s has been noted in this column on…