School children are regularly warned to keep off the ice on streams and rivers. It was no…
A risky business
According to Statistics Canada, currently approximately one million people own and live in condos.…
A real scandal in education
Huge amounts of money are spent each year on university education; unfortunately, that is a scandal…
Spring cleaning
This sucks. My vacuum cleaner, I mean. It is a dust-eating, dirt-swallowing, fur-slurping hurricane…
Kitchen gardens II
The first veggies that I think most important in any garden, kitchen or otherwise are the hardy…
Innes, McIntosh guided Guelph Mercury for seven decades
Those of us with a fondness for newspapers sometimes lament the passing of the old-time…
Kitchen gardens III
The first on my list of annual food plants to be tucked into the soils of your garden would be, by…
Danger of flooding on Grand River was acute in 1934
The construction of storage dams, combined with careful monitoring of conditions, has virtually…
A major shift in brand loyalties in Canada
A less-known effect of the so-called Great Recession that began last year is the major shift in…
Laughter after 70
Every Thursday morning, Anna and I go to a coffee hour. Well, actually, more than Anna…
Kitchen gardens IV
Coming up soon to the third anniversary of the loss of my Little Lady, the love of my life, as most…
Mindfulness
Someone recently asked if I was a person who looked at life with the perspective of a glass half…
Ice break up on the Grand River came late in 1934
Note: This is the second part of an account of the 1934 spring floods on the Grand River and its…
A lively couple of days at Beatty Brothers in 1897
Many oldtimers think of Fergus as a one-industry town, totally dominated by the Beatty Brothers…
The answer is blowin in the wind
A potential wind farm near Belwood prompted a friend, who happens to be a doctor (the medical…