Seventy years ago, in the same year as the famous jailbreak from Toronto’s Don Jail, the Goderich Gaol had two inmates escape.
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Hail to the Queen
If you search “on this day” for a certain amount of years ago, some interesting things will pop up.
Bruce County Memories: My father was the milkman
Long before Olive and Gordon Hepburn ran the Hope Bay Post Office, Olive helped her father at the family dairy in Wiarton. Olive also wrote a lot for the Yearbook of the Bruce County Historical Society. In this story, from 1978, she tells how milk got delivered to the doorstep 100 years ago.
Bits and pieces
As I write this on Monday evening (actually, it’s closer to Tuesday morning, but who’s keeping track?), writer’s block has gotten the best of this writer’s brain.
Navigating uncertain skies
A lot can be said about human courage and ambition, especially in the early days of aviation. You really couldn’t have one without the other in this realm.
Profit and inflation
Inflation. If you are like me, you’re probably sick of hearing this word. However, inflation is a reality we must face.
New pills to defeat my cancer
The last few weeks have been rough on me. My cancer – melanoma – is now resident in my lungs as three distinct spots. I have been assured that a new drug is available and is specifically produced to eliminate this melanoma. It has taken a few weeks to get this drug but I now have it.
OFA VIEWPOINT: OFA engages election candidates on food security, supply chain resilience
Ontario’s provincial election campaign is now in full swing, and across the province, candidates are engaging with voters in hopes of capturing their support at the ballot box. In turn, voters want to know where candidates stand on the issues that matter most to them.
What does it feel like?
In the early hours of Sunday morning, I laid in bed watching the Edmonton Oilers defeat the Los Angeles Kings in Game 7 of their first round Stanley Cup Playoffs series.
MMIWG – I made it out alive – So many didn’t
In 1979, when I was 13, already having experienced much trauma in my short life, I was lured away…
Make an informed vote on June 2
Now that the writ has dropped for the provincial election, we in the media have our inboxes flooded…
Stanley Cup Playoffs set to be one wild ride
It’s Stanley Cup Playoffs time once again. And while my Flyers are absent from the top 16 for the second straight year – really they were absent from any sort of contention by November – the eight first-round matchups are going to make for some highly entertaining television.
Mother’s Day Special
Since this week’s edition of the Banner is a Mother’s Day special, I have decided to write a little something about my mom. Me and my mom, Kristine, have always been close.
A story about my friend NIMBY
I want to tell you a story about my friend, NIMBY. NIMBY – short for Not In My Back Yard – is known by everyone around town.
Giving myself a boost
I was first admitted into the LHSC – University Hospital in London on Nov. 15, 2021. I went through 15 hours of triage before they decided that they could help me.
