The year-end earnings season soon will be underway as our companies line up to parade their…
Recipe for an hilarious year
During this new year, I have faith that each one of you will contribute 12 months of tumultuous…
Phylosofy
Aided by the humour added periodically to my chuckle bucket, through idle hours and the magic of…
An afternoon of hooky led to 1880 Guelph tragedy
A fine fall afternoon can be an irresistible lure for young boys to abandon the classroom, and to…
Market-driven agribusiness
Even though farmers now total only about 2 per cent of the population, by most measures they are a…
Musings on life’s clutter
Every Christmas, I seem to collect a set of gadgets that I enjoy receiving, but rarely ever use. I…
Why? Why? Why?
Why have we allowed this to happen? Why have we let it spread; like wild fire out of control, clear…
Tragic hunting accident at Puslinch Lake in 1895
The Grand River Conservation Authority’s parks at Elora, Guelph Lake, Lake Belwood,…
What women want
Too few know what women want; that gap is critically important as they make up numerically more…
Continuing adventures of a humidifier
About eight years ago, I told the story of purchasing a humidifier from the local Home Hardware.…
The law is the law
Though the following was tucked into my chuckle bucket, from email received well before Christmas,…
Epic political battle preceded 1956 Harriston school
Most of the towns and cities of Ontario constructed new schools in the 1870s, and Wellington County…
Battle over Harriston school raged into summer of 1954
Last week’s column described the efforts of the 1954 Harriston Board of Education…
Working harder
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…