The convention circuit was pretty skimpy this year. By September most years we would have had at…
Opinion
Cold sore
I realize there is a pandemic sweeping across the world right now, so this may seem like a “first-world problem,” but I’m so sick of COVID this and COVID that.
Fall fairs were big events in the north – especially in 1952
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Heading into fall
Usually the leap from summer into fall is a welcome transition. Warm sunny days and cool nights are…
OPINION: Volunteer Centres an untapped resource
WELLINGTON COUNTY – We’re writing this letter, signed by aligned Volunteer Centres in a…
College
There is a stack of boxes and totes in the corner of my living room. An old chrome toaster is…
The heyday of Wellington County’s fall fairs
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Gone
While you’re reading this, I am standing on a dock overlooking the lake.
And then there was nothing
Destructionists erupted with great cheer and jubilation in downtown Montreal as a statue of Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, toppled to the ground.
Cornerstone for Speedside Church laid in 1840
Never a large denomination in Canada, the Congregationalists joined the big church union of 1925 that created the United Church of Canada.
Let’s work together
Usually when the last week of August caps off summer, parents are as excited as kids knowing back…
Sunflowers
There are some things in life I could not do without; essential things like water, the love of my…