Nowadays Canadians generally are working harder and for longer hours than at any time in recent…
Free speech
Sir Winston Churchill in 1946 said, "We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the…
Discrimination
I finally got around to cleaning up my living room coffee table the other day. It was piled high…
Good companies
Are big Canadian companies good citizens? That term encompasses many things, such as corporate…
When danger stalked a frozen land
When I was a kid on the prairie farm, adventure arrived on the ice-clad wings of every winter…
Early spring
Spring came early within the four thick stone walls that are part and parcel of the urban …
Controversial Harriston school opened in 1956
The previous two columns described Harriston’s political battle in 1953 and 1954 to build an…
Going down
There is an old saying that, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Nevertheless,…
Looking to escape winter?
The nasty weather of last week made me dream again of travel to one of the warm and beautiful…
Eat Local
Ever since The Advertiser started putting my column on the world wide web, I have received…
Beaten candidate tried to unseat Arthur’s 1908 reeve
In the early decades of Wellington County, disputes over election results were so common as to…
The unfolding trend change
One of the most surprising by-products of the current speculative era has been the demand for…
The widening attack on free speech
Last month I wrote about free speech. Reaction to that column and a growing concern among fellow…
New book
Recently I’ve been holed up. It was not unlike working in a salt mine. The reason was not the…
1908 blizzards shut down roads and local rail lines
Ask oldtimers about severe winters in Wellington County, and most will immediately recall the…