WALKERTON - When you plan your New Year’s dinner menu, be careful about which foods you choose.
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Reduce, reuse, and recycle resolution
With every new year comes new New Year's resolutions. I have one I would like to propose.
Trapping is harmful to the environment
My mother Brenda Sharpe, over 30 years ago, had the privilege and honour to communicate with R. L. Lawrence. He was the Renown Naturalist, a Canadian Author, and expert on wildlife and nature of Canada, to his credit he had written over 30 books on the subject.
Here’s to making 2026 the best year possible
As the old year winds to a close and a new year dawns, thoughts turn to both the past and future.
Bravo to the small-town elves!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
The poinsettia – a Christmas tradition
Season’s Greetings! This column is usually reserved for native plants and animals, but dare we divert our attention to a plant we all enjoy at this time of year – the poinsettia!
An(other) open letter to Coun. Palmer
Thank you, North Huron Councillor Chris Palmer, for opening the door for me to talk about the subject of climate change.
What do we do with all the dark?
Happy new year! Yup. You heard me. The family of Jesus’ followers around the world is celebrating…
‘Tis the season for giving, but beware the Grinch!
‘Tis the season for giving – not only special presents for those we love, but a small envelope here, a little extra in the greeting card there, and a generous bill in the donation jar.
Preparing for winter
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.
Mayor urges citizens to rebuild village and ‘Bring back the porch light’
If you walk through town on a weeknight, you might notice something odd. The streets are largely…
Homelessness: sometimes no plan is a plan
As the weather gets colder and winter snow begins to look like it will stay, there has been more talk about housing costs, how to get new housing constructed, how to deal with homelessness, and related topics.
‘Winter might tempt us to withdraw, but faith gently calls us to continue doing good’
All right, it’s time for you all to fess up. Who invited Old Man Winter? This snow has brought so…
Province should respect conservation authorities
Dear Editor: “The planning and management of drinking water sources should be undertaken on a watershed basis. Political boundaries should not be permitted to interfere with the watershed approach."
Don’t let your guard down, reader urges
Dear Editor: There are two dates in Teeswater (South Bruce) that many residents will remember..
