Sometimes, I wish I were a man. Today was one of those times. It’s days like this, where the…
Opinion
Hoarding cash
A perplexing problem is the huge hoard of cash that corporations are sitting on and why. The…
Braggin’ time again
Believe it, yes! Or believe it, no! It’s a fact! The article on which your eyes now ponder is…
Essential qualities
If we cast aside rhetoric and conventional wisdom, we will discover what are the essential…
Guelph man buried lodger under his house in 1946
William A. Callahan was a Guelph resident who owned a house on Devonshire Street. That street was…
If they could talk
A nearby neighbour dropped in this past week and, as he had a number of places to go, he asked if I…
Meet the teacher
By the time you read this, I will have participated in two parent-teacher interviews. I liken the…
Canadian National Railway suffered a wreck near Palmerston in 1936
Train wrecks have been a popular feature in this column over the years. The largest number were in…
Pioneering spirit
This winter has given me tremendous respect for the pioneers who founded this great nation. Those…
Elora-born Robert Watson became a senator
Wellington County has, in the decades since Confederation, had less than its share of Canadian…
Highlights of the week in Wellington County in July 1929
The weekly newspaper business has never been an easy path to quick riches. The newspaper business…
Free trade agreement
One in five Canadian jobs depends on trade. So, expanding trade is critically important to creating…
Bread delivery man killed at Elora railway station in 1929
Some of the most senseless accidents, and all too many consequent fatalities, are those involving…
Fergus and Elora experienced fires in May of 1930
Earlier in 2014 this column noted fires seem to occur in clusters. This week’s column deals…
Happy Daddy’s Day
Fathers everywhere will likely enjoy a fabulous Father’s Day on Sunday and that’s…