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Friday, September 27, 2024

It seems that every era has its own set of customs and ideas about what is proper and what is not. If we were to step back in time, we might be quite surprised at the wording used in local newspapers and, to be fair, should a person of a bygone era...

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Never have we seen a monkey more valiant than Albert III, the long-tailed macaque that dared to defy the heavens, only to be thwarted in the most explosive fashion.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Over the years in this space I have often reflected on the impact of a life (while making the case for more robust obituaries to be written) or someone's impact on their community and everything that has been made better...

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Whether through books or movies, or in our local case, theatre, we have an opportunity to learn about the past. With the case of Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: The Farmerettes, the production that wrapped up the season at the Blyth Festival...

Thursday, September 19, 2024

We need them to do more, Organized chaos, A new name

Thursday, September 12, 2024

For readers who attended a one-room schoolhouse, perhaps their memories are similar to mine. I attended SS#1 school at Port Albert.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

O, Captain! My Captain! It is with a heavy head and heart that The Chaff must announce that the most hallowed of 'eens will not be taking place this year.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Full-scale election fever is running amok these days and everyone either has it or is avoiding it like the plague, which it kind of is.
We have the U.S. election this fall, which will mark Donald Trump's official return to politics...

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Well, the Blyth Festival has finished its 50th anniversary season, the streets of Blyth are not crowded with hundreds of people trying to find a place to park and the merchants are missing the extra customers coming in.

Thursday, September 12, 2024

A new, hazy mess, On shaky ground, More in common

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Having attended a number of concerts at Toronto's fabled Massey Hall over the years - even seeing one semi-recently after the years-long renovation process - there is something that sometimes happens...

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Ponder this for a moment: how much of your day do you spend talking when you could be doing something far more fun? If you've ever felt bogged down by words, let's have a chat about "brevs".

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Canadians can be grateful as we simply look on from a distance as the U.S. faces, for the third straight U.S. presidential election, the possibility that Donald Trump could be elected and completely change...

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Use it or lose it, A glimpse of civility, Losing our history

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Some say that humans began to grow cereal crops as long ago as 10,000 years ago. Throughout the ages, much hand labour was used to cut, dry and finally separate the grain kernels from the straw.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Quirky as it may sound, the "Lengthen August" movement is gathering steam among those who know that 31 days simply aren't enough to soak up the best of summer.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Over this three-week period, there has been and will be a lot of change at the Loughlin house. Last week, Cooper, now past the year-and-a-half threshold, has begun his life...

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Senior citizen though I am, I do not think our world is slipping backward. Oh sure, there are some things from our past I'd prefer to restore, like dynamic main streets in our towns, but mostly I think we have advanced amazingly far from our past.

Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Grow it, Show it..., A need-to-know basis, It's a start

Friday, August 23, 2024

It is a rare occurrence when the life of an ordinary individual is touched by some event or circumstance that becomes part of history. It seems that William Jackman was destined to take part in several noteworthy footnotes of time.

Friday, August 23, 2024

In the event that you're one of the many, many Utahns who read The Citizen, and, more specifically, my column, reading this week's installment - guess what? You're not.

Friday, August 23, 2024

Revelations of a surreal kind have unfolded in the pages of this very-beloved column, The Chaff. A tempest, the likes of which could have been scripted by the Bard himself, now threatens to engulf the once-tranquil waters...

Friday, August 23, 2024

Case closed?, This is fine, The view from the centre

Friday, August 23, 2024

A  column in The Globe and Mail by Marcus Gee, recently, drew my attention because he wrote about the willingness of some people to judge other people.

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