About a decade ago this column featured a piece on the sewing machine factory that set up business…
Opinion
Gunn’s Limited of Harriston was embroiled in 1920s property tax dispute
A couple of times this column has dealt with the operation of the Gunn food processing plant in…
The mighty fall
I know we are all sick of hearing about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his ridiculous candour (or lack…
Andrew Spalding was a notable man in Elora’s early history
Kinship ties and family connections, and old-country friendships played major roles in emigration…
January 2014
I’m at the age that has allowed me to see quite a number of Januaries flick by, yet on…
Job numbers
In December, the Canadian economy lost 45,900 jobs, increasing the national unemployment rate to…
One day closer
Even though Wiarton Willy, the white woolly ground hog weather predictor’s sleepy eyes, did…
An upward trend in prices
Naysayers constantly claim that commodity prices are due to decline, and in fact, have not climbed…
County firefighters prevented several conflagrations in summer of 1929
The increasing skills and training of Wellington County’s volunteer firefighters in the early…
Salem and Lot 18 assessment values caused political stir in 1930
From the time Elora was incorporated as a village in 1858, the relationship of that municipality to…
Three strikes, out!
This winter’s white stuff came down in unlimited drifts, and this spring’s clouds of…
Birthday candles
It’s my birthday and despite all efforts to the contrary, I’m growing up (I’m…
Back to work
The Ontario Legislature began a (sometimes sweltering) summer sitting on July 2, with the election…
Lucky 13
It was the early morning of Wednesday the 13th that I parked my butt on the lean-back office chair…
History repeating
Is history repeating itself? Is there a story not being told? Hear me out and I’m sure…