By most standards the Maitland River is just a small river but to me as a kid it was greater than the greatest rivers of the world.
Columns
Take it for the team Canada! Turns out we need the snow and cold
Love your maple syrup? Well, no cold, no syrup!
Women’s wages in 1850s at Windsor Hotel
Photographs and records relating to working women from over a hundred years ago are somewhat rare and it can be difficult to have a detailed understanding of what their lives were like.
Winter preparedness: Small choices that make a big difference
Winter in North Perth is nothing new, but each season brings its own reminders about how quickly conditions can change.
Pens: the small joy in our lives
There are times while parenting small kids that you are abruptly reminded of the simple joys of life. I say abruptly, but also somehow the reminders are always perfectly timed in some divine, mythological way that we don’t understand in the moment.
Bank move rational displays ‘arrogance’: Wood
To the Editor: The Bank of Montreal has announced it is abandoning branch service in Mildmay and Walkerton. No counter service. No ATM. No human beings. Just a locked door, a press release, and a suggestion that we all “go online.”
Investing in wetlands is an investment in shared prosperity for Canadians
Canada’s wetlands are not scenery. They are working infrastructure, and one of the country’s most underused economic assets.
The plague of AI operators
There’s nothing more disheartening than calling a company for help and being met with the flat, emotionless voice of an artificial intelligence (AI) operator, programmed with a narrow list of options it insists will “assist” you.
Beat the ‘Blue Monday’ blues
We have just passed – hopefully unscathed – the dreaded Blue Monday. The third Monday of January is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year, for many reasons.
Numbers on homelessness speak for themselves – trying to solve 2026 crisis, 1970s funding not working
Recent data released by Wellington County and Guelph shows 85,000 people in Ontario were homeless in 2025, up eight per cent from the previous year.
Snowmobile safety week highlighted the need for respect and awareness on Ontario’s trails
International Snowmobile Safety Week, celebrated earlier this month, provided a timely reminder for farmers, landowners and snowmobile riders that winter recreation and farm safety are closely connected.
Indigenous knowledge more important than ever
As we watch world order disintegrate right before our very eyes, non-native people should likely start paying more attention to the Indigenous Peoples of this land.
January is Crime Stoppers Month: be part of the solution
There are a lot of reasons why people hesitate to call the police to report a crime, but they mostly fit into two categories – fear of somebody finding out who made the call, and not wanting to get involved.
Provinces putting health care at risk says Goderich-based physician
Dear Editor: The provincial governments of Ontario and Alberta are enthusiastically expediting the destruction of our treasured public health care system.
Don’t put off ‘til tomorrow what you can get done today, lesson 2
Midway through last week, I got one of those great reminders to not put off to tomorrow what you could do today. Fortunately, this particular lesson didn’t require any hospital stays like the last one I shared here.
