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Bob Murray

Bob Murray is retired from the graphic communication (printing) industry and has been living in Seaforth since 2015. Murray was diagnosed with Dementia in 2013 and works hard to stop the progress of the disease. Follow him on his blog entitled Voyage with Dementia – https://myvoyage553264702.wordpress.com.

Murray reflects on the future: ‘Thankfully, time does roll on my way’

Bob Murray March 5, 2026Columns, Wingham Advance Times

This April, I turn 87 years old. My father and his three siblings all made it between 89 and 100 years.

Murray asks ‘what comes next’ after getting out of the hospital

Bob Murray February 19, 2026Columns, Wingham Advance Times

Yes. I did enjoy the ambience of the hospital and their staff and their meals. The hospital doctors…

Preparing for winter

Bob Murray December 4, 2025Columns, Opinion, Wingham Advance Times

Fall (the season not ‘falling down’) is now over and winter will shortly be on us. My doctors tell me to work on my exercise program as well as increasing my muscle mass by exercising the quad muscles.

ROPES – an emphasis on memory

Bob Murray October 30, 2025Columns, Opinion, Wingham Advance Times

I don’t feel that summer is over but our warm weather does continue. Maybe we will have an early snow. I am ready for anything.

A current update

Bob Murray September 4, 2025Columns, Editorials, Wingham Advance Times

This has been quite a past month. My health issues  – dementia, autoimmune, cancer, arthritis, a bad right knee and melanoma to list just a few – continue as in the last six months, but non-health issues keep cropping up. 

Longevity – life is increasing, with activity

Bob Murray July 31, 2025Columns, Editorials, Wingham Advance Times

In 2017 I had a SPECT brain scan at a local hospital. The results: Abnormal perfusion in the right temporal lobe and right basal ganglia. 

A day with the ‘One Care’ facility

Bob Murray July 10, 2025Columns, Editorials, Wingham Advance Times

Have you ever wondered what it is like to spend 24 hours in your home without escape? Well, I have. 

For me, survival means good support from diverse medical team

Bob Murray June 26, 2025Columns, Editorials, Opinion, Wingham Advance Times

Support comes not only from the medical specialists that I have been fortunate to have. The five…

Experiences with dementia and autoimmune

Bob Murray June 12, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

Believe it or not – I have written 191 columns under the heading “My Voyage with Dementia.” 

And life does carry on

Bob Murray May 29, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

My last few columns have lamented my lack of information regarding my health care. 

The reality of my many medical tests

Bob Murray May 8, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

There are a number of companies competing to build Artificial intelligence (AI) compliant operations. AI is portrayed as solving the world’s problems – one problem at a time. 

Artificial Intelligence – the future

Bob Murray April 24, 2025Columns, Editorials, Wingham Advance Times

I was on a Zoom call recently and noticed that the call was identified as Zoom AI Companion. Introducing Zoom AI Companion (formerly Zoom IQ) – your new generative AI digital Zoom. 

AI and its role in healthcare

Bob Murray April 10, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

I read somewhere that Canada spends close to $350 billion on healthcare per year. That is about $7,500 per person per year. 

Artificial Intelligence is coming to healthcare

Bob Murray March 27, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

Yesterday, I had an appointment with my oncologist (cancer). The purpose was (I think) to bring me up to date with my progress in fighting melanomas (the trigger for re-emergence of my DM).

Memories – good and bad

Bob Murray March 13, 2025Columns, Wingham Advance Times

My dementia is slowly progressing in my brain. There seems to be continuous announcements with potential solutions to help those diagnosed with one of the many dementias. 

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“Erie Belle” blows up off Kincardine

KINCARDINE - On Nov. 21, 1883 the “Erie Belle” was destroyed in a boiler explosion two miles south of Kincardine.

McGugan briefs Huron County Council on amalgamation pitfalls

GODERICH – “The bottom line is that we expect this amalgamation to be more costly for the…

See all Kincardine area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Panthers senior beach volleyball wrap-up

LISTOWEL – Panthers senior girls volleyball teams played their final beach volleyball games…

See all Listowel area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Teeswater arena roof repair approved as council opts for lower-cost fix

TEESWATER – A lower-cost roof repair will move ahead at the Teeswater-Culross Community Centre after council approved a $37,940 project that addresses current leaks while keeping the door open for a larger replacement if provincial funding is approved.

See all Mildmay area articles.

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Steve Travale elected to the 2026/28 AMO board of directors

OTTAWA – Steve Travale, Brockton council member, has been elected to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) board of directors’ rural caucus.

See all Walkerton area articles.

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

See all Wingham area articles.

Editorial

Still reaching for that flag

Unlike minor hockey, when it comes to international economics, when you’ve got them on the ropes, you have to keep hitting. And Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on doing that. 

Learning from Ignatieff, Pierre’s son, ‘Titanic’

“If this is the direction the rats are going, that’s good enough for me.”

Here we go again with the value of the Sunshine List

If you read last week’s Listowel Banner you will have seen that North Perth Coun. Allan Rothwell, a retired government employee, thinks the public salary disclosure (also known as the Sunshine List) needs to be adjusted for inflation.

Columnists

Council strikes committee for future of Galbraith Memorial Gates

By Rachel Hammermueller

It was discussed by council that the importance of these gates being a war memorial, and multiple members of council having heard inquiries from the community on the memorial’s future, spurred this action forward. 

Council approves garden suite, bylaw a 10-year timeline

By Rachel Hammermueller

Morris-Turnberry council approved a garden suite agreement and authorized establishing a 10-year temporary-use bylaw, amended from the previously used 20-year timeline.

Conservation consolidation limits representation for local counties

By Denny Scott

After months of pushback from local lower- and upper-tier councils, the Province of Ontario released the ‘Improving Ontario’s Conservation Authority System’ document, detailing the amalgamation of the province’s conservation authorities.

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