Seeing as I am suffering an attack of lazyitis, and a deadline is hovering over my head, I have…
Opinion
Dickering around
Recently I have been a little more than just busy. I have found myself with what seems to be about…
Butterfly Gardens
They’re flitting back and forth across my back garden as though they own the place. And when…
Hijacking the great American dream
Back in the days of my childhood and youth we made a number of trips to and from the west. Back…
Stupid things businesses do
Companies act just like individuals. They all have personalties, no doubt a reflection of the…
Fergus’ Beecher Parkhouse a memorable character
Our local history is littered with people who had few if any redeeming virtues. I’m glad I…
A new focus
Few would dispute that Canada’s neglect of the North has been shameful. Aside from Prime…
Voting with ballots or with bullets
With the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, a disturbing question has…
India: a world of contradiction
The recent terrorist attack on India took me back to my first visit to that country 15 years ago.…
Major drought of 1864 resulted in many major fires
Weather historians state that dry, hot summers have become more common in recent years, but the…
Deregulation nonsense
Widespread, financial turmoil dominated the recent presidential election in the United States.…
The culture of consumer spending
Too few of us realize what scientists call the “stress beginnings” of contemporary…
Guelph businessmen failed to support their own railway
Back in 1999, this column described the events that led to the opening of the Guelph Junction…
Hillsburgh men passed counterfeit money in 1864
Only the very oldest readers of this column will remember the time when the Canadian chartered…
Motor cars have driven on county roads for over century
Many local history buffs look forward to the publication every spring of Wellington County…