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Does province plan never ending debt fees?
After paying off your mortgage, what would you do if your bank continued to send you a bill? Anyone…
Family members of Mount Forest banker achieved distinction
The career of James A. Halsted, the Mount Forest private banker, was the subject of a column in…
Prosperity problems coming with our dollar being greatly overvalued
A recent newspaper headline, Canadian trade deficit nears record, should disturb us all and serve…
Spring Fever
Somewhere in the county there is a little, orange-breasted robin suffering post-traumatic stress…
Up, up, up
I have been toying with the 26 letters of the word-forming alphabet for more years than I care to…
A tragic ending to the long life of an aging Erin Township farmer
Erin Township received a flood of new settlers in the early 1830s. Some of that first wave…
Shoplifting has become a serious problem
Many of us have seen the shop owner on television who caught a shoplifter and then forcibly tied…
Factory farms
Knowing all too well the indirect horrors and brutality attributed to factory farming and its…
My big downfall
Nobody saw it happen, though it was humiliating just the same. It was a classic kerfuffle, no doubt…
Man killed by train at 1899 Palmerston Orange celebration
Accounts of various 19th century July 12 celebrations by the Orange Order have appeared in this…
Irrational exuberance in some areas of markets
Many now acknowledge that stock markets in the previous decade were beset, in the words of the…
Food for thought
Though long late by the time this is published, and too late coming to me for encouraging…
Hang up the skates
It’s time to hang up the skates, air out the hockey bag and reclaim the downstairs bathroom.…
Corpse found near Harriston was tagged The Minto Mystery
In the late afternoon of Saturday, April 22, 1899, Peter McEachern was returning to his farm in…