Recently, there have been heated discussions about women’s experience in the workplace and in…
Columns
Hot, hot and hotter
I am apparently a thermodynamic fanatic. The switch from Fahrenheit to Celsius has never turned my…
That’s Senator Kelly
I have decided the next phase of my life involves a career change. It’s time to put all those…
Judge sentenced two men to jail terms for armed robbery in 1921
Joe Davidson was a farmer who lived on the 12th of Peel, about a mile-and-a-half from Alma. On the…
Harriston’s Guthrie Church rejected use of Gaelic in services
In the 20th century the majority of Canadian Presbyterians supported the establishment of the…
Ticktock of time
The years they come and the years they go, with the ticking of each second of time persistent. Time…
Emmissions
The federal government has committed to reduce GHG emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by…
Happy New Year
By the time you unfold the paper you’re now reading, 2013 will have come and gone and 2014…
Generational gap
From time immemorial the current, predominant generation belittled the coming group of young…
Fond memories
Mid-afternoon, just after my noon snooze, I was sitting looking out the second-floor large picture…
Particular difficulties
Over the past few decades, urban areas grew wealthier and less crime-ridden, while house prices…
Lewis Ernst of Mount Forest killed in aviation crash in 1929
The first decades of aviation produced a handful of aficionados with something of a daredevil…
Crown attorney failed to get conviction after fatal 1929 crash
Both the public and police authorities cringe at the number of automotive crashes today, but in…
Elora’s 1930s Chautauqua enjoyed unexpected success
Accounts of Chautauqua performances in Wellington County have been featured several times in this…
Wardrobe malfunction
I can’t recollect, but it must have been Friday the 13th; otherwise, how could so many…
