If you have been following the recent media coverage of the trial of the young man who killed Salman Afzaal, Madiha Salman, Yumna Afzaal, Talat Afzaal and wounded the youngest of this Muslim family, who were all intentionally run down while out for a stroll, in their London, Ont. community, you will
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‘It’s best before, not bad after’
Shortly after graduating from college, in what seems like a lifetime ago now, I worked for three years in Baker Lake, Nunavut as a grocery manager for the Northwest Company.
‘A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on’
My late grandfather worked on a prominent Wingham well-drilling outfit for the majority of his adult life. He and his crew were drilling a well on an area farm on Friday afternoon, Nov. 22, 1963, when the farmer’s wife came out from the house and told them that U.S. President John F. Kennedy had bee
Profit sharing with employees a formula for business success
Several years after I opened my small tool and die shop, I came up with what turned out to be a sure-fire formula for growing my business: I made my top managers partners in profits, and I gave them a share of the ownership.
A recap of the first half of my life
Right now, heading into winter, is a good time for me to do a life recap.
Recent council meeting should be used as a lesson
Where do I start? Monday, Nov. 20 was one of the more intense North Huron council meetings I have taken in during my time here at the Advance Times.
Thank our lucky stars we have food banks
There is something about current food bank use that hints at the proverbial canary in a coal mine. In this case, the poor creature is feet-up at the bottom of the cage.
Time to redefine ‘affordable housing’
When it comes to affordable housing, there seems to be two things everyone can agree on: developers aren’t building it, and the homes that are affordable are merely shells of their former selves.
Going to school in the bush
At one time there were hundreds of one-room schools across Bruce County.
An old, yet new commandment
1 John 2:7-8 says, “Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment – to love one another – is the same message you heard before. Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also a
AI and the robot politician
Last Tuesday, as I was awaiting the start of a local council meeting that I was covering, I received a phone call from an unidentified caller.
What is the difference?
The figures shared at the Nov. 13 North Perth council meeting regarding school bus blow-bys were jarring, to say the least.
Too many hurdles are hobbling small businesses in Canada
I have spent most of my business career owning and managing large corporations, including Magna International Inc., one of the world’s largest auto parts suppliers.
Independence for the win
This coming weekend will see a few folks all across Ontario trek from home to a polling station to cast a ballot in the Ontario Liberal Party’s leadership contest. The party is using ranked ballots for the first time, allowing participants to rank their candidates one through four and has moved away
Nov. 25: Time to end violence against women
The police tape strung up around the Sault Ste. Marie home the week before Halloween did not look out of place.