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Does finding a violin under the Christmas tree by an eight-year-old portend a career with national and international acclaim and recognition as the best fiddler in the field? It did for Eleanor Reed...
With Donald Trump putting so much time and effort into ruining things in real time, there, perhaps, wasn't any ink leftover to mark the five-year anniversary of something else that ruined everything.
Insubstantial truths, when woven carefully into the fabric of daily life, can become a quiet but ever-present force that seeks to manipulate and distort our understanding of the world.
It was something of a shock to see results of some survey that suggested about 20 per cent of Canadians aren't upset about the prospect of our joining the U.S., as President Donald Trump suggests.
Use it or lose it, Fishes and Loaves, A vision of the future
I was surprised, and a little shocked, to see last Sunday that they were marking the 60th anniversary of the famous march in Selma, Alabama. How did I get so old!
As the editorial team here at The Citizen wraps up its work on the "Salute to Agriculture" special issue that will greet you next week, there were discussions about trying to cover the impact that potential tariffs, renegotiated deals, whatever, being...
This week, The Chaff has made a terrible mistake; a miscalculation so severe it could only have been caused by a combination of poor time management, hubris and possibly Dervid Hamson.
Back to basics, Meet the new boss, Protect Ontario, indeed
A word that once struck fear in people was rabies, also known as hydrophobia, as well as "a death too horrible to contemplate". Rabies is a viral infection that causes inflammation of the brain and spinal cord and is almost always fatal.
Last week, much was made by CNNâand The Washington Post about Ryleigh Cooper, a young Michigan woman who was happy to cast her vote for Donald Trump, only to be fired from her position with the U.S. Forest Service...
All at once, the alto sax of unnecessary parentheticals (which, despite being widely regarded as a woodwind instrument, is made of brass, raising the question of whether its classification is a matter of sound production...
As I cast my ballot in last week's election, I spared a minute to think about why I'm glad to be a Canadian (although having a snap election in February was hardly an asset).
Freedom of the press, Lifting the curtain, Elbows up, Canada
Strength in diversity, A show of leadership, Riding the rails
Laden with snow, the streets of North Huron lay silent as council gathered - not in their fancy chamber, but in the flickering glow of their computer screens.
Fifteen years ago this May - the May 13, 2010 issue of The Citizen, to be exact - was when my name first appeared above page four beside "Acting Editor", a title that would, soon thereafter, lose its "acting" qualifier...
We reached the four-week mark in the term of U.S. President Donald Trump last week. It only seemed like we had survived the full four-year term instead of having three years and 11 months still to go.
"For Home and Country" is the motto of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO). This group was formed in 1897 in Stoney Creek through the efforts of Adelaide Hoodless and Erland Lee.
The end of an era, The final countdown, Hope on the ice
Uncle Chaff! Uncle Chaff! That's Uncle Chaff over there, that's Uncle Chaff right here, that's Uncle Chaff where you least expect, yet always suspect. Uncle Chaff at the barbecue flipping burgers with bare hands? Classic Uncle Chaff.
There have been a few things getting my goat - sticking in my craw, as it were - as of late in the world of conservative views and now, you're going to hear about them.
Voters in Ontario are less than a week away from an election nobody wanted. Oh, certainly Premier Doug Ford will claim he is only seeking a fresh mandate to deal with the tariff demands of U.S. President Donald Trump...
The time has come. We have tolerated this long enough. We have shovelled, scraped, skidded, stumbled and suffered through these months of relentless ice and snow, and we refuse to endure a single second more.