“Ontario must confront the new challenges emerging in the global marketplace, including the…
Billy or Buck
Billy or buck, nanny or doe – that is the question. What difference does it mean? What…
Assisting Mount Forest industry was a divisive issue in 1923
Promoting industry with municipal loans and grants was a popular practice in Ontario during the…
Things to come
Many years ago H. G. Wells wrote a book, Things To Come, forecasting an ominous future.…
Rising moon
Not many nights ago, as I left my birdie bungalow after checking them all for the night, I could…
Slumber party
The morning after my daughter’s slumber party, which involved 10 girls ranging in age from…
Foreign workers
In recent weeks, and in light of reports regarding the hiring of temporary foreign workers at RBC,…
Superior Knitting Company did not enjoy good relations in Mount Forest
This is the second of a two-part column on the stormy history of the Superior Knitting Company in…
Bridging the gap
In many parts of Canada, particularly in the eastern parts of the nation, too many youngsters do…
Parked
It’s funny how the most innocent events in life can go so terribly wrong. A recent walk…
April showers
“April showers bring May flowers.” So it is said and so it is hoped for, but by the…
Young West Garafraxa man died in gravel pit accident in 1924
Today the gravel pit industry is highly regulated, and new pits are licensed only after lengthy…
Union problem
Over the past few years unions in Canada have had little success in organizing non-union companies,…
Bent out of shape
There are two things I am absolutely certain of: karma will get me every time, and I cannot defy…
Common sense
The full-faced moon was coming up and the red ball of sun was going down as I rose from watching…