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Columns
Trusting in his provision
Well, it’s here - the crisp air of autumn is now beginning to settle in. In Fall, we are invited into a season of reflection, wonder, and gratitude.
National Newspaper week is about supporting local journalism
According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Digital News Report 2024, Canadians’ trust in news is 39 per cent. For comparison, Americans’ trust is news is even lower at 32 per cent.
CTV parts ways with staff after debacle over spliced video clip
I try to bite my tongue a lot of the time when it comes down to things like this, but two weeks ago CTV National News really let me down as a reporter.
A feeding tube journey
I have been researching the medications and vitamins that are available to me and fed to me, while I was fed through my stomach.
Walkerton turnbacks from Oct. 3, 1990
From October 3, 1990 – New Seniors’ apartment complex in Formosa to be officially opened…
Food banks are Ontario’s ‘canary in a coal mine’
Feed Ontario (Ontario Association of Food Banks) issued a press release earlier this month to announce a grim milestone – over a million people visited a food bank in the province last year.
Pathway to the Past: Local healthcare history
It’s October. A season of falling leaves, cooler temps, cozying up with a good book and warm drink, and the Healthcare Heroes Radiothon. Now entering it’s 23rd year, I thought this would be a fitting time to delve into a little bit of the history of healthcare and hospitals in North Perth.
Ministers Desk: guide to follow Jesus in day-to-day life
The Art of Missional Spirituality - 31 Sacred Practices for Jesus - Followers’ by Jeremy Chambers & Monica Paredes Chambers is a helpful guide I have been using this summer as I seek to follow Jesus in my day to day life. The book looks at these practices over the course of a month or a year (you ca
The heat is on – we must respond
September’s extended stretch of balmy weather has triggered heightened interest in heat – what it does to the human body, how cooling down cities has taken on new urgency, and how global climate change has finally ceased being a political issue that can be debated; without a doubt, it is happening.
Confusion – my name is Bob and I have dementia
Writing these columns helps to keep my cognitive brain active but sometimes confusion takes over.
United Way leading the way on housing
An under-reported reality highlighted during the local kick-off for the United Way Perth Huron (UWPH) annual fundraising campaign is that, next to government, the United Way is Canada’s largest funder of social services.
Time to take a look at what voters care about
Before we cast our ballots in the next election, be it federal (could happen any time, Oct. 20, 2025 at the latest), provincial (June 4, 2026 at the latest) or municipal (Oct. 26, 2026), we had better figure out what we are voting for – or against.
Wingham Advance Times’ Sept. 19, 2024 turnbacks
1924 - The Bluevale School Fair was a grand success in point of exhibits, attendance and receipts.
Walkerton Herald-Times’ Sept. 19, 2024 turnbacks
Bruce County has been described as a unique region of Ontario, a combination of human, natural and physical resources, to 24 British investors during a $23 million investment tour of South Bruce last week;
