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Opinion
Big ask
The two green envelopes, addressed to Santa Claus, had been tucked under a stack of files for 12 years, but the notes inside each of them confirmed that my unique, kind, polite children are still all those things, with just enough unapologetic confidence to keep it real.
Strange happenings from columnist’s personal files
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
OPINION: nurse practitioners uniquely positioned to fill gaps in ailing health care system
By Jodi Colwill WELLINGTON COUNTY – Nov. 13 to 19 marked Nurse Practitioner week. At the same…
The keyway
It usually happens at the most inopportune time. Often, snow is falling or daylight is fading.…
Lights
I think I get it now, the whole rush to decorate for Christmas weeks before it happens. Not October. I don’t get that. But November decor, well, I’ve accepted that.
Open Mind: Support our protectors
We honour and thank those who put their lives on the line for us, including military personnel, veterans and first responders.
Harriston photo proves what you see not necessarily what you get
The following is a re-print of a past column by former Advertiser columnist Stephen Thorning, who…
Quite a rabbit’s warren
A trip promised to my twin daughters in 2020 finally came to pass. After graduating their nursing program, they were to tag along for a business trip and see some countryside in the Netherlands and Germany.
Lighthouse
Good music never gets old. Good musicians don’t either. And my music-obsessed heart will always beat just a little faster for a band with a good horn section.
Paramount
You should have seen my face when I found out that I could not watch the new season of Yellowstone, a highly charged fictional television series that was last winter’s binge-watching addiction in my house.
Do what you can, wear a mask
Have we learned nothing over the past two and a half years?