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Opinion
Erin Fair of 1952 set records in Wellington County
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Little Jimmy
The convention circuit was pretty skimpy this year. By September most years we would have had at…
Cold sore
I realize there is a pandemic sweeping across the world right now, so this may seem like a “first-world problem,” but I’m so sick of COVID this and COVID that.
Fall fairs were big events in the north – especially in 1952
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Heading into fall
Usually the leap from summer into fall is a welcome transition. Warm sunny days and cool nights are…
OPINION: Volunteer Centres an untapped resource
WELLINGTON COUNTY – We’re writing this letter, signed by aligned Volunteer Centres in a…
College
There is a stack of boxes and totes in the corner of my living room. An old chrome toaster is…
The heyday of Wellington County’s fall fairs
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Gone
While you’re reading this, I am standing on a dock overlooking the lake.
And then there was nothing
Destructionists erupted with great cheer and jubilation in downtown Montreal as a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, toppled to the ground.
Cornerstone for Speedside Church laid in 1840
Never a large denomination in Canada, the Congregationalists joined the big church union of 1925 that created the United Church of Canada.