This year, with I suppose good reason, I have become a little tired of winter. As I write this, a…
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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,…
Analyzing analysts
Nowadays on the television money channel throughout the day a prominent financial analyst appears.…
Ted
The obituary read: HOPKINS, Irvine Edgar (Ted) – of Guelph, passed away peacefully, at Groves…
Word play
Periodically I get in the mood just to play with words. This, at one time, irritated my Little…
Christmas 2008
To the readers of my column, I have long, long, been in arrears, In thanking every one of you…
Hiding
Lately, folks, I’ve been getting quite a number of e-mails, and phone calls; some from folks…
Thinking thoughts
What you are reading in this article is simply the thoughts of a thinker who has been blessed with…
A real economic possibility
For the past few months there has loomed the real possibility of serious deflation. That would…
The real cost
One of the biggest problems of our age is the real cost of food. All input items should be taken…
Notwithstanding horoscopes; birthdates can make a difference
Many of us read our horoscopes, perhaps furtively, in order to predict our future. While our date…