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Opinion
The dumbphone?
Although some claim ditching the smartphone for a dumbphone is trending, this simpler way to communicate without nonsense hasn’t breached 1% of the population. Some trend.
Belly
I never thought I’d have anything in common with Taylor Swift, but here I am relating to a headline about a photo of her in a bodysuit and the harm caused when people engage in body shaming.
Teach not preach
Efforts by Groundwater Festival organizers to help students understand the value of water were commendable.
Chief Justice Sir Lyman Duff was Fergus native
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Home show
I could hear my husband loud and clear telling everyone he met at the Fergus Lions Home and Leisure Show last week that my stories about him are all lies. But nobody believed him. How could they? Every word I write is true.
News from the Mapleton area in 1903 and 1928
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Freedom is worth the fight
It was an overcast day in the city of Copenhagen when the guided tour announced a statue to the right of our bus.
Eramosa Twp. train wreck claimed three lives in 1907
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Time to drop the ‘neutrality’ act
Try as they might to stick to their talking points about seeking “neutral” public spaces, some…
Important work
Last Friday we learned that, for the fifth year in a row, the Advertiser was named the top community newspaper in its circulation class in Ontario.
Night in
Like many of you, the Carpenter and I have an adult child that lives with us – for many reasons, all of which we are fine with at this present time.