One of the more interesting professional groups to have operated in this area was the Wellington…
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Hoarding cash
A perplexing problem is the huge hoard of cash that corporations are sitting on and why. The…
Kingbirds
It has been a couple or more years since we have seen them. The fact remains that the large tree,…
Party crashers
I love our neighbours and our neighbourhood. It’s a good place to raise our kids and feel…
Elora’s W.O. Mendell revived attacks on county council
Earlier in 2013 this column carried a two-part account of the attacks on the conduct of county…
Mustang Kelly
Another birthday has come and gone. Despite the fact that I was an angel all year, my dream gift…
Shaking up the economy
What is underway is the rise of the “sharing economy” that will shake up our financial…
Sir John A. Macdonald
In less than two short years, on Jan. 11, 2015, Canada will mark the 200th anniversary of the…
Reverend W.E. McMillan contributed greatly to Elora community
During his life Rev. W.E. McMillan was as familiar as anyone in the Elora community. Today, his…
Hot, hot and hotter
I am apparently a thermodynamic fanatic. The switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius has never turned my…
Job creation
Our Ontario PC Caucus has always maintained that jobs and the economy should be front and centre as…
A rude awakening
A few decades ago George Santayana, a philosopher, wrote, “Those who forget the past are…
Boredom
As summer slowly slips away, so does my sanity. If I hear the words “I’m bored”…
Flood of memories
A couple of days before writing, my son and I went to pick up a so-called elderly neighbour who…
Fergus man carried bullet in his brain after a shooting in 1925
About a quarter after 1pm on the afternoon of Jan. 28, 1925, Fergus resident Bob Brown was walking…