Earlier this week Ontario’s first female premier was honoured at Queen’s Park when her official portrait was unveiled.
Wellington proud
It’s become an annual trek that gets better each fall.
Pick up the phone
A friend told us the other day about a troubling family matter. His children, long absent from the…
‘You people’ and ‘us’
Perched over the Toronto Star in the lunchroom one of our senior reporters, not known for saying too much, mused aloud about Don Cherry’s front-page coverage.
Wet blanket
Rushing out the door last week, one headline jumped off the page….. “Guelph-Eramosa seeks $10.4-million grant for new Rockwood recreation complex”.
Efficiency and all that
As this newspaper lands on front stoops and in mailboxes throughout the county, representatives at county council will be having their October meeting.
Working for all Canadians
Canadians, often heralded for their pleasant dispositions and congenial ways, are losing that…
The choice is local
As seems to be the case in recent memory, the choice this election boils down to local representation.
Quite an example
The Oct. 7 federal election debate seemed to take off smoothly until about five minutes in, when Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid into a blistering attack on Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
Memories of Ida Tarbell
It was many years ago that our then in-house historian and friend Steve Thorning lent me the work of Ida Tarbell.
Passion, people and promises
Someone marveled the other day at the number of promises flowing from party leaders since the federal election campaign started.
Election fever underway
Voters will soon head to the polls in the 43rd election of Canada’s parliament.
You just don’t know
A workmate a lifetime ago was having a tough day. She had just learned a co-worker’s husband had taken his life and wasn’t sure what to make of it.
Not long now
It seems it wasn’t days ago when school let out. Here we are at the end of August, heading into a…
Grease on the slippery slope
In one of the more curious bits of news to cross this desk lately, Elections Canada is warning charitable groups to steer clear of anything resembling partisan politics.
