On Oct. 18, the government of Canada announced an agreement-in-principle with the European Union…
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Unknowable
Most of us are aware of the hazards of making predictions; unfortunately, economic forecasting,…
Ticktock of time
The years they come and the years they go, with the ticking of each second of time persistent. Time…
Honoured
There has never been a Remembrance Day in my life that has had a greater impact on me than the one…
Wellington County enjoyed numerous road improvements in early 1920s
Last week’s column described some of the changes in Fergus in 1927 that brought that town…
Shopping calendar
As we note the dwindling hours of daylight and start to settle in for the long winter ahead, the…
The mighty fall
I know we are all sick of hearing about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his ridiculous candour (or lack…
Topsy-turvy
What a fun and pleasing day it turned out to be! The weather was pleasant, with no rain or snow.…
Hugh Guthrie served term as federal Conservative leader
Hugh Guthrie’s name should be familiar to longtime readers of this column. Over the years he…
Discouraging expectations
A “talking head” on television recently was spouting his views on the economy. This…
Meet the teacher
By the time you read this, I will have participated in two parent-teacher interviews. I liken the…
Snow, snow
Snow, snow, go away – come again some other day! That was a chant that was directed to the…
Proposal to divert county road caused furor in Nichol in 1928
One of the most contentious political issues in the Elora area in the 1970s was the construction of…
Working together
In our minority provincial parliament, the moments of non-partisan cooperation are few and far…
Death of JFK changed the world
The knock on the door came in the middle of a nice November Friday afternoon, with some of us…