Whenever I hear big and John, lacking separated succession, my mind immediately roves back to…
Opinion
Drifting snow paralyzed Wellington County in 1918
Over the years this column has carried accounts of some of the major winter storms that have struck…
Silver Sebrights
“Like butterflies,” she said they were, and I could find words not better to describe…
Overvalued dollar
Once again Canada is confronted by the problem of our overvalued dollar as it hovers at or above…
Funeral of Mayor Thomas Goldie was big event in 1892
A characteristic of the late Victorian period was a fondness for staging public events and…
Misallocated capital
One of the most amazing features of our economy nowadays is that interest rates, adjusted for…
First local temperance groups were organized in the 1850s
Over the years this column has dealt with the temperance movement on several occasions. Most of the…
Winter wonderland
With the longer hours of daylight, springtime no longer seems so far away. In a younger year, I…
A difficult choice
A few decades ago the investment outlook was hopeful, and choices were clear. Even staid old bonds…
March lamb
The day this paper is dropped off at your doorstep, the winds of March will already be with us, and…
Gender bunny
Don’t ask me how I get myself into these situations, but recently I found myself discussing…
Superior Knitting Company did not enjoy good relations in Mount Forest
This is the second of a two-part column on the stormy history of the Superior Knitting Company in…
Chi-Chemaun
Blaaough-blugh-blugh! There just ain’t no way, any how, any place, that one can…
Market Nonsense
Recently the press, notably magazine covers, have featured stories stating that we are on the…
Guelph foundry tried to aid Confederacy during American Civil War
Canadians took a keen interest in the American Civil War, avidly following events as they were…