It was too hot to sit on the concrete patio. The back of the house was melting in the summer sun…
Opinion
Kinnettles history: Macdonald visit, ghosts, missing body
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Soup
It’s no secret that I will never be a contestant on Master Chef Canada. I don’t enjoy…
A flawed proposal
I must confess that the proposed change in the way Ontario elects members for the provincial…
Waiting riders witnessed 1908 Moorefield train wreck
Historians of North American railways have noted that the first decade of the 20th…
Capture of accused murderer was a sensation in ’08
On April 18, 1908, newspapers across Ontario carried a story about a homicide at the…
Tragic hunting accident at Puslinch Lake in 1895
The Grand River Conservation Authority’s parks at Elora, Guelph Lake, Lake Belwood,…
Beaten candidate tried to unseat Arthur’s 1908 reeve
In the early decades of Wellington County, disputes over election results were so common as to…
Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale had an Elora connection
Those who make a habit of reading daily newspapers may have spotted an obituary notice in early…
Tired of winter
This year, with I suppose good reason, I have become a little tired of winter. As I write this, a…
New Canada Post stamp honours Elora grower
It was rather astonishing that a Canada Post stamp issued on March 3 resulted in no public ceremony…
Notorious woman criminal died at House of Industry
Gangs of criminals in rural and isolated areas were a feature of life in old Upper Canada in…
Years of talk before construction of Conestogo Dam
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Conestogo Dam, near Glen Allan in the current Township…
Wrangling continued until the dam was finished
Last week’s column covered the story of the completion of the Conestogo Dam up to the…
Arthur hosted large gala reunion 100 years ago
Over the past few years several of the municipalities in Wellington County have staged reunions,…