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Livery stable fire threatened downtown Elora in 1911
Last week’s column described the 1911 fire that destroyed the Broomfield Mills in Fergus, and…
Serial ineptitude instead of board oversight
Serial ineptitude has been characteristic of too many corporate boards of directors, unfortunately…
Question of balance
I have figured out the ultimate Father’s Day gift to give my husband, the Carpenter, father…
Fencing
Fencing has always been a real problem up here in stony country, but in my eyes that all changed…
Brazen 1886 theft in Palmerstons rail yard committed by a farmer
Today much of the site of the former rail yard in Palmerston is a largely a vast open area. It is…
Defending pessimists
Most of us prefer optimism rather than pessimism. That is why photographers always tell their…
Don’t look down
Last Friday night I watched daredevil Nik Wallenda walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. What…
And the rains that came
“Rain, rain, come and stay, we could use a little almost every day.” Those were my…
Brazen youth sentenced to jail for series of thefts in 1912
In April of 1912 a 17-year -old young man named Howard Coughlin received a jail sentence for a…
Final lines: Its been great
My colleagues wanted a final Stray Casts column. Having never written what is called…
Chain reaction
If you have ever received those annoying chain emails, you have surely seen the one about…
Fergus man had distinguished career on the Great Lakes
Today the name of Captain Robert D. Foote is not well known in Fergus. He died 90 years ago, on…
Celebrating a birthday
This year, as we celebrate Canada’s 145th birthday on July 1, Canadians will gather to…
Spring thaw produced widespread destruction in 1912
Over the years this column has described some of the destructive floods on the Grand River and its…