With the arrival of Canada Day, many of us muse about what it means to be Canadian.
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July 4, 2024 Turnbacks
2014 – Listowel and Wingham hospitals prepared to participate in a provincial program to increase the sharing of information across health care providers.
Bruce County Memories: Olympic gold medalist settled in Teeswater
When Teeswater became home to “the world’s first great woman swimmer” you’d think she might talk about her past life.
Par fore! the course
Did I use that phrase correctly? Last week, I swung a golf club for the very first time. I thought…
Microbiome and my garden
The gut microbiome are the trillions of microorganisms – primarily bacteria, but also fungi, viruses and protists – that live inside the digestive system.
Celebrating Canada makes sense
With July 1 in the offing as I write, it occurs to me that among the great local summer events I…
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Summer has arrived with a blast of hot, sunny weather and the usual migration of city folk to ……
Settle back for some laughs with Doris and Ivy in the Home
ST. JACOBS – Two women of a certain age become friends at a retirement home – sounds like…
Turnbacks, June 27
LISTOWEL: TEN YEARS AGO 2014 – North Perth Manager of Environmental Services Mark Hackett…
Looking for some support from adults
Youth are part of a world that adults are unable to understand what it is like to grow up in.…
Great community events being staged across the region
Often in this space we find ourselves recounting the problems and issues that plague us locally, provincially and nationally.
Atwood Cheese Company began under different name
Atwood Cheese Company Limited was started as a co-operative venture by local farmers under the name Elma Cheese and Butter Company in 1879.
Allegations, innuendo, suspicion hang over Parliament Hill
The mere thought there has been foreign interference in Canada’s political process is shocking enough, but the notion there were MPs and/or senators who may have conspired with foreign governments like China and India leaves the average Canadian speechless.
Pictures of the Past: June 30, 1993
On June 30, 1993, over 100 Walkerton business cards were collected and presented to Walkerton, Indiana, officials.
June 20, 2024 turnbacks
2014 – MPP Randy Pettapiece was re-elected for his second term to a Liberal majority government.
