Last October this column featured a brief outline of Hustonville, near the present…
Opinion
Man died after hit in 1868 Mount Forest bar brawl
During the second half of the 1860s, Mount Forest passed through a significant boom phase. In 1865,…
Bad weather and politics delayed progress on dam
Last week’s column outlined some of the events preceding the construction of…
West Garafraxa man led an exciting life in U.S.
Over the years this column has offered brief biographies of Wellington County natives who went on…
1908 attack on farm woman raised area’s fears
When someone mentions economic depression, most people at once think of the 1930s. That was,…
A surprising change
For many years the economies of Saskatchewan and Newfoundland lagged badly behind the other regions…
Fun times
I’ve had a ball this fall. Hey. Ball this fall – that almost sounds poetic,…
Eat your veggies
Everybody, eat up your vegies, herewith is the reason why. Forwarded to me from my Belwood,…
Shopping
I do very little shopping; I don’t need to. I have very few wants or needs. But I do eat; it…
I should be dead, maimed, or in jail
Now that I’ve got this far I wonder how I made it. What do I mean by “this far?”…
Hydrogen Peroxide II
This is not the first time that I have written about hydrogen peroxide, and I can assure you it…
Tough strategic choices
It is a commonplace view that we are in the midst of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s.…
The psychology of buying
It is astonishing to note that wherever one goes to a supermarket, whether it be in Medicine Hat,…
Analogy
Repeatedly it has been stated that there are striking parallels between the financial crises in…
Two week encampment for 30th was training, relaxation
A major institution in the period between 1860 and World War I in Ontario was the volunteer…