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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
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.
It will soon be Brussels Fall Fair time and I trust our Ag. Society has everything in hand to make it sparkle.
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...
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...
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.
Following the science?, A team effort, Where's the common sense?
Among the resources for a person interested in genealogy are the obituaries of days gone by.
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".
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...
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.
As the 2022 Huron Pioneer Thresher Reunion approaches next weekend, I must confess my nostalgia for nostalgia kicks into high gear.
A new brand of bully, Shades of grey, One small step for mankind
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!...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
One thing you can say about the U.S.A. is that no matter how crazy it gets, it will always get worse!
Whose side are you on?, Perversion of belief, A slippery slope
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...