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If you are like me, you dream of winter evenings cozied up with a warm blanket, hot drink and good book. This winter, head to the library for something different. We have snowshoes, light therapy lamps, puzzles, DVDs, binoculars, board games, Ontario Parks passes, Bruce County Museum passes, loads o

As a youngster growing up in Palmerston, I had multiple dreams that I wanted to chase.

This is the time of year when our elected municipal councils show us that we chose well when we cast our ballots in the previous election. They are up to their ears in budget deliberations.

Time stand still I’m not looking back But I want to look around me now Time stands still See more of the people And the places that surround me now…

Canadians are feeling increasingly pessimistic about their financial well-being – and for good reason.

Football fans across North America were glued to their television sets on the weekend, engorging themselves in the offerings of the National Football League (NFL).

There was a buzz of disgust when Toronto recently banned tobogganing at 45 hills deemed to be unsafe.

Do you have any pet peeves? You know, those things that people do that get under your skin and annoy you. I believe I hear or experience pet peeves every day.

Friends, In his book entitled In Arabian Nights, author Tahir Shah wrote, “Stories are a communal currency of humanity.” In the sharing of stories we learn. Validate. Heal. Grow. And come together.

If you asked most Canadians if this country needs more bureaucrats, they’d probably say no.

Looking at the numbers for housing sales makes one’s digestive system feel a bit like being on a ride at the fair that goes up, and up and… ever so slowly… up a bit more.

It has been said throughout the years that the English language is one of the hardest to learn. Those of us who speak the language, for the most part, think it is easy – most of the time, anyway.

Late on Dec. 18, I read a police report that made me stop in my tracks.