Three years ago (2021) surgeons removed two large melanomas (6.3 centimetres and 1.9 cm) from my left armpit area. Remaining were three small melanomas in my lungs.
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Health care matters to rural Ontario residents
Midwestern Ontario “got discovered” during COVID-19. City residents saw the silver lining as…
Decision time is here
The time for campaigning is over and it’s up to Ontarians to decide.
In Bruce County, kids say the darndest things
BRUCE COUNTY - You wouldn’t usually turn to a history book for some funny one-liners. Yet here they are, in Norman Robertson’s History of the County of Bruce, published by the Bruce County Historical Society.
Election Day Wish List
The first political party I ever joined was the federal Progressive Conservative party. I was 19…
An entirely senseless provincial election campaign
I must confess that when most recent spate of elections was finished (federal in 2021, municipal and provincial in 2022), I did some math on my personal chronological state...
How to support Ontario by buying local
Buying local has always been an important part of our agriculture and food production system. Consumer interest in particular in shopping closer to home for their food products has been on the rise over the last two decades or so – and that interest has been particularly strong in recent years.
Honouring St. Valentine – poetry, chocolate and CPR
Feb. 14 has just passed, and some of us are still enjoying chocolate goodies and special treats from our sweethearts.
Smoke and mirrors
Don’t be fooled by what you are being shown on mainstream media right now. Along with the smoke,…
No more affectionate ‘Irish Eyes’ duets
Despite the talk about the wonderful history of friendship between Canada and the United States,…
Time to compartmentalize
Normally I am among those who are least likely to be sympathetic to folks who don’t engage during…
The tales of John Broderick
John Broderick (1840-1926) was a well-respected figure in Mitchell’s history. His jovial and good-natured disposition earned him the affection of not only the town, but the surrounding Perth County communities as well.
The first Anglican Church in Walkerton
Acknowledging the traditional native land and recounting the early history within 175 years
Oh, what you can learn from a tube of saliva
About a week before Christmas, I spit into a plastic tube and shipped it off to British Columbia. That sounds weird – I should explain that it was for a 23andMe DNA test.
Is user-pay a fair way to lower taxes?
The big question when government bodies large and small set their annual budgets is how to make a tax increase palatable – or at least unlikely to infuriate taxpayers.
