Opinion

ONTARIO – Summer is a time of long days, local fairs, barbecues, community celebrations — and for Ontario farmers, it’s also prime harvest season for everything from hay and grain crops to fruits and field vegetables.

It would have been 20-plus years ago that an old reporter made the pitch that our systems are broken – irreparably.

HURON – For farm leaders, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture’s (CFA) annual summer meeting is always a highlight on the calendar. 

I am not Scottish (apologies, naturally) and I’m not sure I can identify as a lass any longer either, but this weekend I will be among the masses celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Fergus Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Proudly so.

First was Paris and now it’s Singapore.

Words about speaking truth

The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…

I don’t know what the rest of you do when you get home from work, but the very first thing I do is remove my work wear and slip into something frumpy.

More than 2,200 Ontarians died from drug poisoning last year. In Guelph and Wellington County alone, at least 46 lives were lost in 2024 to toxic drug supply. 

Every now and again, a visionary shows up. Boy, could we use someone like that today.