Dear children, Now that you are teenagers and can lock me out of my own smartphone and connect the…
Lack of railway siding frustrated Fergus’ James Gow
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Uber transit in small communities
Uber excited Innisfil, Ontario is the first Canadian municipality to launch an Uber partnership for…
Long weekends at home
Thank you, Queen Victoria for having a birthday at exactly the point in the calendar year where…
Elora led most places in tree planting in 19th century
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Flags up
The first thing my family is going to do when this week’s Wellington Advertiser arrives on…
High-speed rail transit
I’m ready You can tell election season is coming, because big promises are being announced by…
Bird song
It’s 4:30 am and I am wide awake. The Carpenter just left for work. I lay in bed and listen…
E. coli testing at GRCA beaches
Invest in better testing Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health will no longer be testing Grand…
The Browns: Elora’s outstanding horticulturalists
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Drowning of infant caused a sensation in 1888
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Bottle it
When things in my life are going really well, as if a spell of joy has been cast on me, I imagine…
Raising Ontario’s minimum wage
Economic reality The Ontario government is raising the minimum wage to $15. Workers rejoice;…
Hustonville founded, thrived, vanished in 20 years
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
…Or what?
I remember it well, the day the Carpenter looked at me from across the room and said, “are we…