The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Columns
Pause summer
Somebody please push pause. Hit the button. There is still time. I’m not ready for summer to…
Temperance workers in Elora never gave up
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Fortune cookie
This column is a tad risqué. It is intended for mature audiences, (though the story is about…
Christmas: home or away?
Home away from home Christmas is a time for family and friends – and delicious turkey dinner.…
Political campaign debts
Pay it back yourself Seems like Kevin O’Leary, the self-proclaimed “Mr.…
Parenting 101
It was just another weeknight family dinner, all of us gathered around the dining table, eating our…
Minimum wage earner tax cut
Good, I guess PC Leader Doug Ford has announced if the Progressive Conservatives win the spring…
Voting: local candidate or party leader?
Going local When it comes to politics, voting is better than not voting. Some choose to cast…
The four Rs
It was too hot to sit on the concrete patio. The back of the house was melting in the summer sun…
Kinnettles history: Macdonald visit, ghosts, missing body
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Soup
It’s no secret that I will never be a contestant on Master Chef Canada. I don’t enjoy…
A flawed proposal
I must confess that the proposed change in the way Ontario elects members for the provincial…
Waiting riders witnessed 1908 Moorefield train wreck
Historians of North American railways have noted that the first decade of the 20th…
Capture of accused murderer was a sensation in ’08
On April 18, 1908, newspapers across Ontario carried a story about a homicide at the…