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Friday, September 16, 2022

While the death of Queen Elizabeth is, undoubtedly, a tragedy to those who knew her best, the push by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to designate Monday, Sept. 19

Friday, September 16, 2022

The lavish attention paid to the death of Queen Elizabeth II this past week had the perverse result of making me think about the loss of many others I have had the fortune to know on a more personal basis.

Friday, September 16, 2022

A portrait in full, That's certainly a choice

Friday, September 9, 2022

It will soon be Brussels Fall Fair time and I trust our Ag. Society has everything in hand to make it sparkle.

Friday, September 9, 2022

One of my favourite cookbooks is (and always has been) The Art of Living According to Joe Beef: A Cookbook of Sorts. The men who ran the famed Montreal restaurant...

Friday, September 9, 2022

Take in the Blyth Festival's final play of the year John Ware Reimagined and while my review mentions a great many things about the play, it won't mention the handful of technical glitches that occurred that evening because...

Friday, September 9, 2022

When I heard the story last week from a national polling company that Canadians are angry, I at first dismissed it as a way the company had to get attention. Then I listened to a week of news stories and I thought I might be wrong.

Friday, September 9, 2022

Following the science?, A team effort, Where's the common sense?

Friday, September 9, 2022

Among the resources for a person interested in genealogy are the obituaries of days gone by.

Friday, September 2, 2022

In the long history of Brussels, I'm sure we have had our fair share of "characters". But perhaps none is quite as notorious as Jack Thynne, "The Kansas Farmer".

Friday, September 2, 2022

With the municipal election less than two months away, those throwing their hats in the ring to become a municipal council member for the first time should be getting ready for the possibility that they might win...

Friday, September 2, 2022

Reading Denny's story on Brian and Annette MacKenzie from our special issue on the Huron County Plowing Match reminded me of an ever-present cloud that has hung over Huron County for the last two decades: amalgamation.

Friday, September 2, 2022

As the 2022 Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion approaches next weekend, I must confess my nostalgia for nostalgia kicks into high gear.

Friday, September 2, 2022

A new brand of bully, Shades of grey, One small step for mankind

Friday, August 26, 2022

Once upon a time, in the fair village of Londesborough, there was a carriage shop; the kind of place a fairy godmother would stop. Wait!...

Friday, August 26, 2022

Last week, as Jess and I were watching some television, there was a segment on about Peterborough. Not overly far from where I grew up in Pickering, Peterborough is a lovely smaller city (relative to the cities in that area) that...

Friday, August 26, 2022

Human beings have a funny way of hanging on to some practices, cultural touchstones and technologies tightly while being absolutely fine with others passing by the wayside.

Friday, August 26, 2022

While I was doing my exercises Saturday morning, an orange butterfly flitted by the kitchen window. By the time I could try to track it down, it had disappeared and it was too late to see if it was a monarch butterfly.

Friday, August 26, 2022

It's about time, A step to change, Worth the wait

Friday, August 19, 2022

Last week, when I updated The Citizen's website for the week, I noted that we crossed the 800-article mark in the obituaries section of the website.

Friday, August 19, 2022

It's been hard to open a national newspaper, tune in to Canada's national broadcaster on radio or television or take a stroll through any national news site without seeing Air Canada (or its competitors) being accused of...

Friday, August 19, 2022

One thing you can say about the U.S.A. is that no matter how crazy it gets, it will always get worse!

Friday, August 19, 2022

Whose side are you on?, Perversion of belief, A slippery slope

Friday, August 12, 2022

Regardless of how much we try, Mother Nature will always be in charge. This is something that we've all learned in different ways over the years. Just a few weeks ago, I wrote about power outages and how they can...

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