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Mount Forest hosted major Jubilee festivities in 1897
No one living can remember the reign of Queen Victoria, but she still casts a long shadow…
Summer nights
It was a beautiful summer night. The sun was setting, with the moon already bright and full in the…
Squabbling among Irishmen escalated to a murder in 1847
Unlike some parts of Ontario, Wellington County was largely spared the violence that came to Canada…
Education for business
So ignorant and lacking in training are many recruits to the Canadian workforce that many business…
Often we mirror our parents
I grew up in a town served by one protestant church and one catholic church. We all attended the…
Betwixt and between II
*Continued from July 23 Did they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the game?…
Skipping stones
For the second time in my life, I spent the August long weekend grieving the loss of a dear friend…
Officials feared sectarian strife after 1847 execution
Last week’s column related the events of March 22, 1847, and the death of Richard Oliver…
Relaunching products can help businesses with good sales results
Retailers and companies’ branded goods often require an overhaul to keep up with new shopping…
Canadas scarcity of calamity
Talk about earthquakes. The floor of our second-storey apartment shook. The lamps rocked, my big…
Ivan
Not too many of my readers will have had, as I, the pleasure of meeting Ivan. The Little Lady and I…
Mon Chat
It seems I am building my own version of Noah’s arc. I have no divine purpose, no big boat in…
Itinerant Gypsies sometimes ran afoul of the law
Few readers of this column have ever seen old-fashioned bands of Gypsies – or Roma, as they…
Hazard lights are flashing warnings for western democracies
In a working paper written by three senior staff economists for the Swiss-based Bank of…