Just last week we returned from another trip to western Canada. This time we visited a son who two…
Opinion
Stray Fergus cow derailed freight train in 1893
When livestock confronts locomotives the results are invariably a disaster for both. The…
Kitchener engineer proposed power project in 1924
Over the years this column has consider pioneering conservation work of amateur…
Harriston dairy turned out ice cream 90 years ago
As snow piles up it is pleasant to think of hot summer days and a summer time treat: ice cream. In…
Moorefield minister fined for assault on black woman
Two weeks ago this column carried the sad tale of Henry White, a black resident of Peel, who was…
Fergus witnessed a religious battle and debate in 1886
During the 1880s, the churches of Wellington County occupied a place in daily life that is…
Spring
When I think of spring, I wonder why I left central Alberta. In my memories, every season arrived…
Time flies
Time and life fly like a steel toboggan. As kids on the farm we had a toboggan made from a steel…
Eyes: treasures of a lifetime
Lying flat on my back, I looked into a whirl of changing colours as the surgeon cut into my eye and…
Religion
Since adding points of contact to the tail of my column, coupled with internet popularity both…
A worthy award
Louis Nizer said: A beautiful lady is an accident of nature. A beautiful old lady is a work of art.…
Twenty-five years
The once impossible dream has been, with this issue, surpassed. The 25th year has been…
Summer’s gone
On the last day of August, along about the 4am hour, my furnace kicked in, telling me that the…
Attack advertisements eventually will backfire – or go away
For several years we have been bombarded by very nasty attack advertisements from our political…
A shift in psychology for shoppers, retailers
“Gimme!” is a common plea of youngsters, particularly when they are on a shopping…