When I was in high school, it wasn’t okay to be a homosexual, though my best friend was.…
Opinion
No fun bun
I thought my role as a mother was to teach my daughter important life lessons, but it turns out she…
A new trend
Up until recently we felt that the workforce appeared to be so young, notably to the police and…
Reform Act, Groves, pits
Our Member of Parliament, Michael Chong, deserves enormous credit for the passage of his Private…
Apple pie
I love fall fair season. It’s impossible to be cranky, unless you are the Carpenter, because…
Sweet sixteen
This Friday is our 16th wedding anniversary, and as I write this, the Carpenter and I have made no…
Living and learning
What I knew about llamas when I entered the barn, after a three-day holiday away from the farm, I…
Bring on 2016
You are not the person you were a year ago, a month ago, a week ago, or even yesterday. Where you…
Beached
I realize it’s been a wimpy winter so far, but I am a Canadian and the desire to go somewhere…
Groves recognized hospitals as key part of medical system in 1902
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Changes needed
The key part of capitalism, the free enterprise system, is the trading of common stock. Most of us…
An ‘elderquake’
In previous generations in a strict middle-class family, it was almost an axiom that children…
Leadership bid
I am running to be leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. As you are aware, Stephen Harper…
Assisted dying
Over the last number of months, I have listened to feedback from many residents across Wellington…
Clueless
It seems almost forgotten that economic growth comes from two principal sources: having more people…