As I sit here prettily poised with nimble fingers gently tapping my computer keyboard, the digital…
Opinion
Downsizing
If I were to tell you that I have not been busy lately it would be a gigantic fib, with the memory…
Lessons learned in the heat
Just sitting in the heat a few days ago turned me from the happy, uncomplaining fellow most people…
Harassment
I was back up to my son’s family farm this past week for several days, and being an early…
Words in my memory
Sent to me through the magic of email from a friend of mine who answers to the name of Bart, was a…
Ivan
Not too many of my readers will have had, as I, the pleasure of meeting Ivan. The Little Lady and I…
Planning for new Fergus Beatty plant began 100 years ago
The Beatty Brothers firm of Fergus was, by a large margin, the largest 20th century…
Generation Ys indifference to society mocks work ethic
What can we expect now that Generation Y, those in the 18 to 29 age category, are approaching…
Orton woman tried to poison thieving school children a century ago
In 1910, Winnifred Black lived with her parents on a farm on the outskirts of Orton, not far from…
Prayer
With Thanksgiving and Remembrance Day just under our belts and Christmas on the way, coupled with…
Not a resort hotel
As we enter a new year, we must come up and develop a changed attitude toward our government. That…
1921 jail breaks were bad ideas for three men
Back in the summer of 1921 three young men got to know one another as inmates at the Ontario…
Gang of pick-pockets stirred up excitement – and escaped – in 1898
The morning of Monday, April 11, 1898 began as a routine one at the Grand Trunk’s Mount…
Hang up the skates
It’s time to hang up the skates, air out the hockey bag and reclaim the downstairs bathroom.…
Garafraxa widow was unsuccessful in bringing suit against the county
John Beames, a young farmer from West Garafraxa, operated a supplementary business in the late…