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Video may have killed the radio star, but the internet will kill us all! And that is why The Chaff is proud to announce that we're going online!
Last week, Jess and I finished a Netflix documentary and, over the course of the three hours, we learned a lot before arriving at that most holy of documentary staples: the information dump at the end.
Checking the polls recently, it seems assured, unless things change wildly, that the next election will see Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as Canada's next Prime Minister.
Add friend?, With a cloth or something?, Farming into the Future
Before we leave the farmhouse kitchen, there is another item to take a look at and that is the sewing machine. Ours was a Raymond treadle model in a wooden cabinet.
If you're like no one, you're busy plotting out your strategy for the busy film season ahead. Whether it's summer blockbusters or film festival darlings, there is going to be a lot to see this year and surely you want to be on top...
Uh-oh, Chaff-o! The Chaff is back for another whack at the weasel. And as the Karate Kid's Karate man used to say, "Whack on! Whack off!"
Sometimes, if you're my age, it can seem like you're living history all over again. That's the way it seems when it comes to the medical situation these days.
Don't say climate change, Golden boys, Don't be scared, be prepared
The other day I was reminded of the sheer joy that a new discovery can yield when you're a young person. As we get older and it takes a lot more effort (and, often, money)
Tally-ho! Salutations, congratulations and laudations abound to all the Chaff-fans and wheat-freaks fortuitous enough to be reading a very special edition of The Chaff!
The debate before North Huron Council over the sharply-increased rent for Blyth Ladies Baseball League shows where municipal amalgamation has taken us in a quarter of a century.
Today, we are going to travel back several decades to peek into a typical farmhouse where we will probably see several things that are no longer commonplace.
Sports reign supreme as the pinnacle of human existence and nothing is more sports than the Toronto Maple Leafs. This year, unsurprisingly, the boys in blue bumbled and blew it bigly - bounced by the bad boys of Beantown...
On reading a column from a Globe and Mail columnist, defending the sideline of tourism (he was writing while on vacation in Portugal and Spain) I got thinking it's a sign of how well we've progressed in Canada (and North America) that people...
Too little, too late, Higher Learning, Training the Helpers
For people of a certain age, and Scott and I both happen to be about that age, the Saturday Night Live of our youth in the 1990s served as a foundation of humour.
Reckless. Risky. Ravaging. These words often accompany the seasonal wonderland of snow that transforms the serene landscapes of Huron County into potential peril zones.
After surviving day after day of the trial of Donald Trump for bribing the National Enquirer to cover up, during his first election campaign, his affair with a sometimes porn star, leading up to his eventual election in 2016, I'd had about enough of...
Above and beyond, People want answers, Go Julie-Anne, Go!
In time, when the earliest settlers had converted their 100-acre plots from bush land into cultivated acres, a new problem arose. In those days, families were typically large and there were just so many people that a farm could sustain.
There was a reminder of how quickly time passes and how some remarkable things can resist time with a mention of something on the news the other day. It was the anniversary of Terry Fox beginning his Marathon of Hope...
Quickly, quietly and quixotically - QWERTY CREW QREW - get into the position!