Opinion

This week I learned that it is impossible to make the universal angry hand gesture, the one-finger salute (you know the one), when you’re wearing mittens.

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

“You look tired,” she said. 

Recent announcements by Go Transit to extend train service through the southern portion of Wellington County to Guelph and Kitchener are a reminder that frequent rail service to this area is not a new idea.

All things eventually come to an end, and for various reasons, it is time for our 30-year run of Open Mind articles to come to an end.  

With the current polar vortex descending on this part of North America, even the hardiest amongst us are finding it frigid cold out.

I’m superstitious. I really am. 

It seems silly to be writing a column on national affairs a week after all of Canada’s problems were seemingly resolved in one fell swoop. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has, after all, announced his intention to step down.

The drama unfolding in downtown Elora is a phenomenon playing out in tourist hot spots around the globe.

ONTARIO – Another Ontario winter is in full swing and with that comes a wide range of winter sports that take people outside. A popular activity is snowmobiling – and Ontario is home to one of the largest interconnected snowmobiling trail systems anywhere.