This is an open letter to Gary Bettman, commissioner of the National Hockey League. I am hoping to…
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My Riverfest Elora
There is something incredible about standing in a crowd of strangers, feet planted in a familiar…
Getting older
Overlooked as a reason for our sluggish economic growth and price weakness is the ageing of our…
Widowmakers
This past week, we had a strong wind that brought with it heavy thundershowers. I like…
The guiding philosophy
The guiding philosophy of the investment business should be the maintenance of integrity. Without…
Back-to-school shopping
The first rule of back-to-school shopping is this: I do not want to look like the moms in those…
Crazy and hazy
It was one of those hot and windless mid-August mornings. Not a bird in sight; not even the…
Room to manoeuvre
In response to the financial crisis of the previous decade, policy-makers decided to take all…
Drive on
And just like that, summer ended. I watched it fade away in the rearview mirror on my way…
Sold
The auction sale, aforementioned, in the swaybacked building at the end of the once-was Royal…
A nightmare?
Every now and then some commentators come up with a nightmare scenario where technology displaces a…
September
It seems the thing that I resist most in my life is the thing I need most: change. No other month…
Chicken tractor
During the last week of August, something new was added to our landscape. It has been dubbed…
Apple pie
I love fall fair season. It’s impossible to be cranky, unless you are the Carpenter, because…
Worthwhile?
A multitude of youngsters will attend a post-secondary institution this autumn to pursue a course…