Last week’s column described the efforts of the 1954 Harriston Board of Education…
Opinion
Bigger is not better
Until recently in Canada and the United States, the bigger retailers had a dominant share of the…
Media problems
There is a common lament in the media sector: circulation is either flat or declining slightly,…
Social divergence
A dramatic departure from the strictly positive course of the late 1990s and 2000s has been the key…
Not isolated
Even though the North American economy is stagnating or slipping into a recession, some…
A bad experiment
Throughout the credit world a new development has appeared, the rising employment of derivatives.…
A new focus
As a result of a new focus, children’s television programming now appears to favour younger…
Lessons from the back of a horse
Our daughter, technically the daughter we never had, works as an equestrian, doing everything from…
On the go again
The fool that far is sent, Some wisdom to attain, Returns an idiot, as he went, And brings the fool…
Before you vote, take note
Like it or not, we face another election. What factors will you use to make your voting decision?…
Effects of U.S. civil war felt in Wellington County
The American Civil War, fought between 1861 and 1865, is by far the most traumatic event in that…
1890 hail storm caused major damage for farmers
Summer hail storms can be violent and dangerous. Fortunately for us in Wellington County, they…
Local films from the 1940s now available on DVD
Back between 1946 and 1949, a small-time film maker produced a series of 85 films depicting towns…
An insider’s view
Jennifer Jones worked at Tim Hortons in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for six months. When she wrote this…
Hydrogen Peroxide II
This is not the first time that I have written about hydrogen peroxide, and I can assure you it…