Columns

Wow, March has flown by! So much happening at the library this month. 

After nearly three years of largely pandemic-related writing from early 2020 to late 2022, you’d think I’d be worn out on the subject of disease.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to figure out what is real and what is fake.

If you’re looking for warning signs about the state of our economy, there were all kinds these past few weeks. 

On Tuesday, March 12, Camille Herron, 42, crossed the finish line of the first-ever Lululemon six-day long race named FURTHER.  Upon crossing the finish line, she not only completed the six-day-long ultramarathon – an incredible feat on its own – but also broke 12 world records. 

It seems that the character and characteristics of the current provincial government that the Brockton council so embrace have surfaced lately. The reported heated discussions at the most recent budget meeting of council and the flip-flop and rescinding of earlier decisions really echoes the behavio

Of all my activities, I feel that exercise is the most important (other than sleep and nutrition). The term “use it or lose it” comes to mind. Before I got into the ‘disease’ business, I was very active in sports and my weight was 20 pounds heavier. At my advanced age of 84, I have had to drop activ

How many people know that Midwestern Newspapers Corporation has had its very existence under threat through the past many weeks, because the federal government might have discontinued its Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) fund?

It is hard for me to believe that a farm drainage company from Ailsa Craig could be so disrespecting to land owner’s properties. A truly professional company would have asked the landowner which trees, if any, we would like to be left standing.

Sometimes the importance of economic development opportunities at the airport are overlooked, misunderstood and understated. This article will focus on recent successes and potential economic development possibilities at the Saugeen Municipal Airport.

This year, March 19 was the first day of spring. Spring is a time of renewal, warmer temperatures,…

On Feb. 26, Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste presented a delegation before council to request that a paper ballot referendum be used to decide if South Bruce, near Teeswater, accepts a deep underground tunnel system with hot cells and a repackaging plant above ground. Saying ‘yes’ would put

There is an advertisement making the rounds, lauding this province for its thriving, forward-moving economy.