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The assassination of Charlie Kirk, a prominent right wing supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, will most likely only speed the rapid decline of democracy in our neighbour to the south.

My own worst enemy, B-A-N-A-N-A-S, The kids aren't alright

Failure to produce a topic this week is not, as some detractors might suggest, evidence of laziness, incompetence, or the looming death of culture itself.

This week we have a report from Goderich Town Council that has played out in other townships before. Goderich Town Council plans to ask its neighbouring municipal councils to pay up for their parasite residents blatantly using Goderich's facilities...

We attended a matinee performance of Radio Town: the Doc Cruickshank Story last week. It seemed like a full house, perhaps with visitors from the Thresher Reunion attending.

Keeping them honest, Taking over, The world needs more Canada

Born on Feb. 25, 1923 to Joseph and Mary Ann Brophy, was a little girl who was destined to become a part of the Western Ontario stage. Margaret Helen Brophy, the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants, grew up during the Great Depression.

Factual integrity is important to us, and it has come to our attention that last week's Chaff contained several inaccuracies of a serious nature. We wish to correct the record in the spirit of transparency, accountability and respect for the truth.

My father, a 33-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service, when I reached bar-going age, urged me to never attempt to break up a fight alone.

Vicious compliance, The rocky road to Croatia, Goodnight to a legend

Seeing, in last week's Citizen, that the featured tractor at this weekend's 64th annual Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion is Mike Courtney's 1951 Minneapolis-Moline Model U tractor brought back memories for this old farm boy.

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...

Welcome back to The Chaff, your weekly wander within the wildly wanton and wonderfully whimsical world of wasting time and patience.

Greetings, my fellow Chaff-nadians! As everybody knows, The Chaff is completely committed and definitely dedicated to very real facts, and more importantly, facing them.