Farming and industrial accidents claimed lives in the early decades of the 20th century. Safety…
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An upward trend in prices
Naysayers constantly claim that commodity prices are due to decline, and in fact, have not climbed…
Downton vs zombies
They say opposites attract, and after more than 20 years with my Carpenter, I would say they are…
Billions and millions
Wow! What a beautiful morning! Although you won’t be reading this until two weeks down the…
Beatty Brothers firm of Fergus reached its apex in 1929
A couple of weeks ago this column described some of the fire fighting measures taken by the Beatty…
Free trade agreement
One in five Canadian jobs depends on trade. So, expanding trade is critically important to creating…
Happy is a life skill
After years of watching kid movies and bad mock-umentaries about boy bands, I introduced my teenage…
Boosting investment
For the past several years central banks/governments have tried to bolster the economy. Short-term…
Auction sale
Last weekend was a fun weekend for me. We had a slight break in the cold winter weather and I was…
A glimpse into the family of railway baron J.J. Hill of Rockwood
Back about five years this column outlined the early life of James J. Hill, the American railway…
Good news
Long overdue is good news in this column. After about one year of relatively dismal performance,…
Take my advice
Somebody once asked me to describe myself in one word. My response flew out of my mouth before I…
Rich man, poor man
Because of the length of time that I have scribbled my thoughts for the Advertiser, I now get ample…
Lewis Ernst of Mount Forest killed in aviation crash in 1929
The first decades of aviation produced a handful of aficionados with something of a daredevil…
Quants
For most of us who are uninitiated in modern computer slang, terms like quants or algorithms are…