Most often when columnists choose to trumpet about our health-care system, the resulting message…
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Hiding
Lately, folks, I’ve been getting quite a number of e-mails, and phone calls; some from folks…
Moorefield minister fined for assault on black woman
Two weeks ago this column carried the sad tale of Henry White, a black resident of Peel, who was…
Massive ship railway was planned in 1890
The building of a shortcut for lake shipping from Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron was a…
Building a firewall
As the financial crisis in the United States deepens, we in Canada soon will feel its effects.…
I should be dead, maimed, or in jail
Now that I’ve got this far I wonder how I made it. What do I mean by “this far?”…
An insider’s view
Jennifer Jones worked at Tim Hortons in Kandahar, Afghanistan, for six months. When she wrote this…
Religious revivalists have visited Wellington County
Camp meetings and large-scale revivals are not a big part of the history of religion in…
Missed the bus
In early 1940, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stupidly proclaimed that Hitler…
Death of a virtual friend
If you dropped in as I write this column, you would find me seated in my green recliner, a…
An Insider’s view II
Continued from last week “Of course, we’re the only Tim Hortons where the majority of…
Misleading 1894 personal ad was costly to Elora man
“Personal – Widower, over 60, without family, with moderate means and education,…
Deregulation nonsense
Widespread, financial turmoil dominated the recent presidential election in the United States.…
Hydrogen peroxide I
Although this article won’t appear in your paper until weeks down the road from the day of…
Stovel brothers of Mount Forest prospered in Winnipeg
From time to time this column carries the stories of Wellington County natives who have prospered…