I can always tell when it’s autumn. Aside from the obvious of the kids back in school, the leaves changing colours and the weather having more of a chilly bite, for some reason at this time of year I always have a craving for Second World War documentaries.
Columns
Wards can be confining
A few weeks ago, I found myself out knocking on doors in Tara with an old friend running for deputy mayor in Arran-Elderslie. If you love a good front porch visit, knocking on doors is a really fun thing to do and that night was no exception.
Southampton’s ‘boys of summer’ won big in the 1930s
Our story starts in the “Dirty Thirties,” when factories closed, summer visitors dwindled, and the lamprey eel was the bane of fishermen.
Issues that matter to students
High schools usually have their own sort of community, and in that community there are various different problems. The question is: out of these problems, which issues matter most to the students that live with them every day?
Robots efficient, but lack charisma
It was a tough week for Corey Conners.
Beyond the orange shirt
Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is here, a day for reflection and gathering knowledge about the atrocities that happened to Indigenous People here on Turtle Island, including the residential school system.
Extra-curriculars avec les tykes
Just as it seemed that my wife and I were settling into a summer routine with the kids, the season was done.
Archives: Local woman lives in haunted house
We are approaching the best time of the year, in my opinion.
New experiences
Many hands make lighter work, even if those hands belong to a student learner eager for some experience in journalism.
The lost art of customer service
“You’ll never stay in business if you can’t keep your customers happy and coming back.” Those words, uttered to me by Michael Schurman, a professor at Durham College, nearly 20 years ago, seemed silly to me as a teenager. I was always of the opinion that if you offered a product or service that som
OFA Viewpoint: Environmental practices a long-term commitment on Ontario farms
Farmers, more than most people, have a very close relationship with the environment. We depend on air, soil, and water to grow our crops and raise our livestock, so we know first-hand how important it is to care for and nurture our natural ecosystems as best as we can.
What Listowel means to me
Listowel is a word synonymous with home for me. Having grown up in this quaint town from the ripe age of six, I’d like to believe Listowel is ingrained in who I am.
Numbers can be misleading
Polls are a funny thing.
Tools with only one use can become a hindrance
The silo is a simple invention used to store feed for winter. According to the folks at Ontario Barn Preservation, the first vertical silo in North America was built in Illinois in 1873, with the first Ontario silos built not long after.
The basics will make you better
My soccer-loving middle son, Levi, has been trying relentlessly to master ‘the rainbow’ with his soccer ball. It requires taking the ball from your heel and flicking it from behind you, over your body like the arc of a rainbow and landing it directly in front of you.
