Wellington County has, in the decades since Confederation, had less than its share of Canadian…
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Fascinating conclusions
Education and good teachers are crucial to our economy. Measuring teaching quality leads to…
Lucky 13
You heard him, didn’t you? The Carpenter? Last Sunday, during Super Bowl XLVIII the decibels…
Kill or cure
I don’t know whether I’m just getting bitchy in my older years, or it could be…
Glen Allan native A.B. Stewart achieved fame and fortune in Seattle
This column in recent months has outlined the lives of several Wellington County natives who did…
Jobs, ice storm and fill
Early in January, Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey released a very disappointing jobs…
Short-termism
A major puzzle in the current economic scene is the absence of business investment. Corporate…
Stupid love
After years together, most couples get to the place where something their spouse does irritates…
Fond memories
Mid-afternoon, just after my noon snooze, I was sitting looking out the second-floor large picture…
Colonel J.J. Craig was public school inspector for 48 years
During his lifetime in Fergus, James J. Craig of Fergus ranked as one of the best known men in…
Fatal concerns
Just as the world failed to realize in 1914 that it was atop a powder keg about to explode in the…
Shake your moneymaker
Sometimes you just have to shake your moneymaker – even if it doesn’t make you money…
One day closer
Even though Wiarton Willy, the white woolly ground hog weather predictor’s sleepy eyes, did…
Canadian money for Canadians
The recently announced changes by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)board should arouse the ire of all…
The smell of food
I don’t think there is anything more pleasant than walking, on a cold, cold winter day, into…