The name of Jack Tweddle of Fergus has appeared at least a half dozen times in this column, most…
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Butter tarts
A couple of days ago, on checking my emails, one came to me from a years-and-years-ago friend,…
The pay squeeze
For several years now there has been a squeeze on wages. This follows the disastrous price-wage…
Christmas spirit
If someone finds my Christmas spirit, please return it to me. I think I left it in aisle four. I am…
Briefs: Churches, fires, taxes, trade boards and a runaway horse
While searching through old records and newspapers I frequently stumble on very interesting items…
Merry Christmas
Once again this year, we’re all dreaming of a “White Christmas”…but without…
Diverging policies
A key to understanding current economic trends can be found in the diverging policies of central…
The gift of time
Dear Santa Claus: Please accept this letter as my formal Christmas wish list. Since I am a writer…
Christmas 2014
Having seen greater than 80 Christmases wander by on an annual basis, with happy memories flowing…
Vacuums, X-rays, Melville church: More historical briefs for 2014
Last week’s column featured a few odds and ends that have been accumulating in my files. Here…
Side effects
This year provincial governments have been raising the minimum wage. In Ontario the newly elected…
Boxing Day
Boxing Day is not meant for shopping; it’s meant for napping. The world would be a better…
Optical illusions
Perhaps I’m losing it, who is to say? But lately I’ve been seeing things that appear at…
Ghoulish discovery of bodies in 1949 Mount Forest house fire
At about 10am on the morning of Friday, January 7, 1949 the Mount Forest volunteer fire brigade…
Reputation at risk
Nowadays much of businesses’ success depends on their reputation. Their critics are assuming…