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Even though Wiarton Willy, the white woolly ground hog weather predictor’s sleepy eyes, did…
Canadian money for Canadians
The recently announced changes by the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)board should arouse the ire of all…
The smell of food
I don’t think there is anything more pleasant than walking, on a cold, cold winter day, into…
Snowbank
If I have learned one thing this winter, it’s this: next year I will buy snow tires. While I…
Highlights of the week in Wellington County in July 1929
The weekly newspaper business has never been an easy path to quick riches. The newspaper business…
Budget 2014
On Feb. 11, Minister Jim Flaherty introduced Budget 2014. The federal government announced a…
Arrow Bus Lines operated a substantial transportation network
Railway specialists are perhaps the most numerous and fanatical of transportation historians. Even…
Simply outlandish
Canadian investors increasingly have been engaged in a simply outlandish tactic: placing…
Hockey parents
Hockey parents, the majority of them at least, get a bad rap. As another season in Wellington…
Election time
Whether it be spring or fall, election time is hovering on the horizon. With more than 50 per…
Drought of 1929 anticipated problems of 1930s along Grand River
Spring floods and summer droughts have been subjects addressed in this column over the years. There…
Election is coming
In just a few short weeks, there is a strong possibility that Ontario may be in the throes of a…
Particular difficulties
Over the past few decades, urban areas grew wealthier and less crime-ridden, while house prices…
The marriage game
Often people tell me how lucky I am to have found and married the Carpenter, the undisputed love of…