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The second half of the year does not so much begin as inherit a situation already in motion. July arrives with the mildly embarrassed timing of someone stepping into a room mid-applause, unsure whether the applause was ever intended for them or...
These days, it's not often that Doug Ford's provincial government gets an attaboy in the pages of The Citizen.
Prime Minister Mark Carney last week announced a contest to redesign 24 Sussex, which has been the home of the Prime Minister until 11 years ago.
Worth fighting for, Killer boots, man!, Telling their stories
It is a very long way from the rolling farmland of rural Ontario to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, but one Hullett Township native made that journey.
There comes a moment in every great civic movement when coincidence stops behaving like coincidence and begins presenting itself with the quiet confidence of something that expects to be taken seriously.
On Thursday of last week a commentary show I usually watch on an American channel didn't talk about U.S. President Donald Trump's latest rants, as it usually does. Instead, it was devoted to the opening of the Obama Presidential Centre.
At some point in the past, I know I have written about this film, but June 17, 1994, directed by Brett Morgen, details one of the craziest days in North American history and it does so in a way that involves no narration whatsoever.
Perhaps it's time I take a long, hard look at myself in the mirror and ask the question, "Am I, indeed, a freedom-loving, government-hating Libertarian?" with the way my last few columns have gone, but, really, there are times where you can't help but...
Our mailbox here at The Chaff occupies a peculiar position within the local information ecosystem. Most weeks it contains the usual assortment of correspondence: complaints, suggestions, complaints disguised as suggestions...
Prime Minister Mark Carney took time out from visiting Ireland, Sunday morning, to visit Aghagower, the Irish town his grandparents left to immigrate to Canada.
The Second World War brought drastic changes in life in Canada starting with the enlistment and deployment of forces to fight in Europe.
As I sit here writing this column, I am very hungry.
There is a particular kind of morning in Bluevale where history briefly appears overqualified for its surroundings.
One of Canada's big problems these days is the lack of new homes - and the money needed to pay for the homes we have. Younger people are having trouble accumulating enough money to buy a home.
Saying thank you, I'ma let you finish, Lacking in every way
As this debate has raged, mostly to our global south, I have found myself at a crossroads, unsure of which way to turn.
Wingham has developed a habit of generating civic mythology the way a faulty radio generates static: constantly, loudly and with the unsettling feeling that something intelligible is trying to break through.
As U.S. President Donald Trump tries to impose his will on Iran, only elderly people today recall the lessons of how difficult that can be.
For those interested in the times and customs of the early days in Northern Huron County, no better resource can be found than in the writings of one Gavin Hamilton Green.
Road to nowhere, Qu'est-ce que c'est?, Life during wartime