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Earning my wings
The predictions for 2012 are rather dire now, aren’t they? I confess there was a time when…
January 2012
Christmas comes and Christmas goes and the New Year is now upon us. It happens each and every year…
More details on the ill-fated Peoples Railway
Perhaps the most intriguing business venture proposed for this region of Ontario in the early 20th…
Stock market trading is going crazy
The recent wild swings in the stock market, not surprisingly, have unsettled many investors. Yet,…
Silence is bronze
It’s not nice to poke fun at your spouse. Never tease a spouse. Sometimes you have to keep…
History repeated
It may not go down in the history books, but it happened again, exactly as it did along about this…
Church union in 1925 caused turmoil amongst Presbyterians
In 1925, the Canadian Methodist Church amalgamated with the Congregational Church and most of the…
Retailers must learn to reconfigure themselves; and cater to less well off
For a change, the newly poor rather than the newly rich, represent a growing and huge market.…
In sickness, health
The greatest test of any marriage is the onset of flu season. One good bout of the flu can wreak…
Sound of silence
It’s only mid-January, but do the math; we are now in what is colloquially known as the dead…
Failed factory caused major financial loss to Grand Valley
The name Acme Handle Company sounds like a reference to a Roadrunner cartoon. To the taxpayers of…
Foolish predictions from so-called experts
It is truly incredible that the equity market continues to perform so well on the same predictions…
Distant memories
I was 10 years old when my Nana Waterhouse passed away. I wore a yellow skirt with a white blouse…
Hello, hello
Hello. Hello. Hellooooo. Is the first salutation that I hear each morning as I approach my canary…