Summer hail storms can be violent and dangerous. Fortunately for us in Wellington County, they…
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A reassessment needed
It has become apparent that there should be a reassessment of the North American Free Trade…
An elegy to snowstorms past
Great mountains of it drifted like white dunes beyond our kitchen window. I pulled on two pairs of…
Fun-day Sunday
It seems to me that no one, at least no one in our general area, will need to court the thought of…
1890 marriage breakup had city’s tongues wagging
Joe Brydges, a resident of Guelph in the 1880s, worked as an iron finisher in the foundries of the…
A changing profile
This is the make or break season for retailers. The final quarter of the year usually accounts for…
India: a world of contradiction
The recent terrorist attack on India took me back to my first visit to that country 15 years ago.…
Tombstone musings
The week just prior to this writing, a friend of mine, who shows up whenever I need wheels, and…
Peel council and farmers took a radical stand in 1931
No one today would regard the farmers of Peel Township, or, more properly, Mapleton, as radical in…
Turned upside down
When the American colonies fought the British for independence in the 18th century, the…
Does everything in life go in circles?
Traffic circles or roundabouts have been hitting the news in a big way recently. Only weeks ago,…
Christmas 2008
To the readers of my column, I have long, long, been in arrears, In thanking every one of you…
Harriston dairy turned out ice cream 90 years ago
As snow piles up it is pleasant to think of hot summer days and a summer time treat: ice cream. In…
Celebrating Christmas
It is a depressing comment on current psychology that political correctness has gained so much…
Christmas uncensored
As I sat reminiscing about Christmases past, an incident involving an old friend began to form in…