Often I’ve been asked for a copy of a long-ago article that was written about something or…
Budget 2013
Last week, the federal government delivered the 2013 federal budget. Over the last number of…
Using cash
It is well known that companies in Canada are piling up cash. How that hoard is used remains an…
Gender bunny
Don’t ask me how I get myself into these situations, but recently I found myself discussing…
Spring
By the time this paper was slogged off at your mailbox, the calendar equinox dated as the first day…
Elora firefighters battled two major blazes in May 1920
During the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, small town fire departments laboured under…
Familiar pattern
The pattern is strangely familiar. Investors at the beginning of the year start to believe that the…
Lucky 13
It is official: I am now the parent of a teenager. You know what this means, right? I am redundant,…
Failure
I must admit that I have become a complete failure. With all the ice and snow and long dragged-out…
Store robberies were an epidemic in Wellington County in the 1920s
Over the past year this column has described some of the store robberies that plagued Wellington…
Becoming blurred
Over the next couple of decades, rural North America will undergo a drastic change. That will…
Confessions of an athlete’s mom
I would like to add another chapter to the mother guilt collection I have accumulated over the past…
Local issues
“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…