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Two obituaries in last week's issue of The Citizen caught my attention, and I realized that, since neither lived nearby, many younger people would probably not have read them.
Saturation point, A leader and his art, Bowing to pressure
Little by little, Don't look back in anger, Roll with it
Born near London, England, one of five daughters and one son of the Greenlands docksmaster on the Thames, Catherine Strictland grew up in the countryside area of East Anglia and was educated at home.
Deliberations around Ontario's housing predicament have revealed a surprising truth: sometimes the solutions lie not in building more walls but in tearing down the invisible ones that separate us from the land we live on.
There is a situation here at The Citizen that still, to this day, causes me to wake up in the night, covered in a cold sweat, shouting incoherently and begging the gods of community journalism to take me now. It is, of course, the suggested Gypsy Lane...
After watching Drew Hayden Taylor's play Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion at the Blyth Festival, and then, at home, rereading former Lieutenant Governor James Bartleman's autobiography Raisin Wine...
Please allow me to take you back. All the way back to March of this year. A young man named Mike Myers - the pride of Scarborough, Ontario - was in his ol' stomping grounds at Saturday Night Live...
Enclosed herein are The Chaff's predictions for the remainder of 2025. Based on careful consideration and robust instinct, these forecasts are as reliable as any that could be offered under current conditions.
Last week we turned up the page to July on the most recent calendar our daughter Christina gave us and there was a magnificent photo of the interior of the Palace of Versailles, taken by Chris herself.
Unspeakable tragedy, Nothing to see here, A closer look
Knowing words as we do, quiet on the page, obedient in speech and supposedly inanimate in the brain, we're seldom encouraged to consider their inner lives.
An item in a recent Farmtario column reminded me of how a native of our county played a part in our country's history and culture.
Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, his Academy Award-winning film from 2014, tells the story of a hotel concierge and his protégé as a conflict very closely resembling World War II breaks out.
The little village of Bluevale was once the home of a young man by the name of Clayton Baxter Duff. His early life was likely similar to those of other boys his age, but, as he grew into manhood, the course of his life had an abrupt change.
There was surprising news recently that, in 2023, some Canadian cities had among the worst air quality in the world, as smoke from the worst forest fires in memory filled the air of southern cities.
There is an old saying that, in springtime, a young man's fancy turns to love. In the Huron County of a few generations ago, that saying could have been that a young man's fancy turns to harvesting...
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